1. some poor soul 

some poor soul had to get up at 4 
i hear the shower running in the room next door 
elevator dings and the phone starts to ring 
better stand up straight-come out the gate-the race is on 

when we’ve been here ten thousand years 
bright shining as the sun 

some poor soul couldn’t take it no more 
had to get up at midnight and walk the floor  
mr. pitch black morning can’t you be my friend     
yes, i’ll be with you on your way to nowhere and back again 

the world still spinning round and round 
just like it did before 
with nothing holding me right now 
i think i’m letting go 

some poor soul had to get up and love 
i hear the little feet on the floor above 
little baby scream and the television singing 
does anybody know the songs  
that we used to sing before 
       
when we’ve been here ten thousand years  
bright shining as the sun  
with nothing holding me right now 
i think my work is done 

shining...oh shining… 
bright shining as the sun 
so many poor souls 
had to get up in the morning 
gotta run out the door 
look at the people tryin to get along 
comin home every day  
tired and broken down 
ten thousand years people 
how long how long how long 
oh little baby screams 
don’t you hear the beautiful song 
keep on shining till all your work is done 
I see you shining  
bright shining as the sun

2. rocket to nowhere 

you woke up on the wrong side of town 
got yourself a headache-whoo-that won’t quit now 
kid charlemagne skippin in the ragged jukebox of your brain 
just another morning 
oh well go out and have yourself a blessed day 

bricks in the window you put them there yourself 
too many faces looking in 
standin on the bridge you don’t need nobody’s help 
just wanna feel the wind on your skin 
   
rocket to nowhere and you don’t mind 
ticket to a fairgrounds-whoo-but you won’t ride 
you called me last night from the station 
where they’re getting to know you well 
look on the bright side you said 
at least they didn’t look in the glove compartment 

and who’s gonna keep your tank filled up 
who’s gonna take your midnight call 
i’m running ‘round with a flashlight and a net 
trying to catch you when you fall 
  
i love you…when you gonna come back home 
  
three strikes against you but you won’t sit down 
you keep on swinging-whoo-who knows what you’re seeing now 
everybody’s gone from the stadium and the lights have gone out 
nothing but the moon to watch you when you steal your way home 

who’s gonna take you in their arms tonight 
who’s gonna say they’ll make you feel alright 
who’s gonna know how the morning feels  
when it’s rolling down on you 

i love you-when you gonna come back home

3. lazy (and i know it) 

one time i had a real job  
it didn’t thrill me 
they put me on a desk job 
it liked to kill me 
i was supposed to do something  
i can’t think what it was 

don’t you understand me  
i got to be myself 
movin up the ladder  
that’s for someone else 
people say i’m lazy  
but i’m workin hard in my mind…yeah yeah 

lazy and i know it  
what you gonna do 
wastin all your energy 
tryin to make me be like you 
tell the truth now baby 
don’t you wanna dream sometime 

bust ass for 3 months coast for 9 
catch me in the night club closing time 
mama said “some day baby  
you gotta stop your messing around” 

it’s not that i’m above it…the daily grinding  
lucky and i know it…so never mind me 
waitin on the weekend  
never was my style  

lazy and i know it  
what you gonna do 
wastin all your energy 
tryin to make me be like you 
tell the truth now baby 
don’t you wanna dream sometime 

repeat

4. pine needle fire 

you and me started  
a pine needle fire 
when that flame gets goin  
ain’t nothin you can do 

smoke is rising  
like a black snake the sky 
fire ran so deep  
nobody could get close 

love made of turpentine  
love made of smoke and tears            
out on the fire break lines 
and up the tower we will climb 

said we were too young 
to be playin with fire 
now there ain’t enough water in the world  
yeah to put the thing out  

you can’t run you can’t run 
you just get swept away 
so we climb and we climb 
laughin all the way 

love made of turpentine  
love made of smoke and tears            
out on the fire break lines 
and up the tower we will climb

5. even the sunlight  

even the sunlight breaks me down 
how can i sleep when the night is spinning  
watching the rain running in the street 
this is the place where the shadows meet 

jet lights blinking across the sky 
even the angels got to cry 

thought it was you but i was deceived 
only the wind running through the trees 
they say everything’s just the way it should be 
they don’t know what you mean to me 

jet lights blinking across the sky 
even the angels got to cry 

who’s gonna keep the rain from dripping 
who’s gonna stop the night from slipping 
down a- down around me 
who’s gonna feel the love you’re giving 
who’s gonna make this life worth living now 
now-now you’re gone 

even the sunlight breaks me down 
how can i sleep when the night is spinning  
watching the rain running in the street 
this is the place where the shadows meet

6. i’ve got faith in you 

when it’s storming in your heart 
and you’re lost before you start   
and the lonely the road you’re on is never ending 
when it’s anybody’s guess if you’ll ever come to rest 
there is something that want to you to remember 

i’ve got faith in you 
even if all the sad things that you say are true 
someday these clouds will all blow through 
i’ve got faith in you…in you     
  
when you’re runnin out of luck 
and the streets won’t hold you up 
and the meaness of the night knows where to find you  
when you’re whistling in the dark  
‘cause your flame is just a spark  
and you think your brighter days are all behind you 

chorus 

chorus repeat

7. another shining morning 

you can’t see the future can you 
maybe that’s all for the best 
’cause that just leaves us with today 
and it’s enough of a mess 

do you really want to know what’s out there 
what good would it do us anyway 
don’t have to look that far to see 
there ain’t no justice in the world     

here comes another shining morning  
it’s rainin down from the night before 
don’t have to be some kind of genius    
to see the wolf is at the door 

and that’s another thing  
look what’s that lying on the floor              
it’s people’s hopes and dreams  
for a better world than we had before 
   
i have to reel myself back in 
but you can’t erase the things you see 
if i ever wake up from this dream   
you’re gonna know what you mean to me 

chorus 

you can’t see the future can you 
don’t wanna know how the story ends 
better just hang on to today 
don’t wanna see what’s around this bend 

we’re gonna feel our way back home 
just like everybody else 
meet me at the bottom of this day 
yeah we’ll go up from there 

chorus

8. manningtown 

i love a girl in manningtown 
she lives in a tar paper house       
she rides her bike to the dollar store      
and she never lets me down 

poor as the day that she was born 
poor as the flowers in the field  
poor as the sky that never ends 
and she never lets me down 

god knows you pay the price when you walk away 
oh-from where you’re meant to be 
maybe you can roll the dice but you never win 
i didn’t see you for the treasure you were 

wakes up singin a gospel song 
somethin she can hang her troubles on 
the mornin sun lives in her face 
she never lets me down 

some people seem to just grow up blessed       
and they don’t even have to try 
some people live the piney woods    
and they just scrapin by 

god knows you pay the price when you walk away 
oh-from where you’re meant to be 
maybe you can roll the dice but you never win 
i didn’t see you for the treasure you were 

i’m lookin at the sidewalk feelin low 
nothin in the world that i can show 
here comes a comet cross the sky 
headed to manningtown

9. built to last 

red mud seeps thru the cracks in the floor 
the weeds are growin in my crooked driveway  
a little reminder from the gods above 
it’s all just temporary anyway 

the blue evening settles like a cloud 
on all little people in this town 
now they don’t mind if the world’s is a mess 
they’re busy with other things i guess 

only be here for a little while  
then we’re gone 
i thought we were built to last 

i bought you a diamond from the jewelry store 
and now you wanna make me take it back 
you don’t need nothin but my love you say  
and how am i gonna argue with that 
  
guide me baby to the palace of peace 
and keep my soul from wandering  

only be here for a little while 
then we’re gone 
i thought we were built to last

10. don’t get me started 

don’t get me started ‘cause i can’t stop 
like a broken record runnin ‘round the clock 

all the things you’re saying-messin with my head 
i got a crowd of strangers underneath my bed 

well, you read my cards  
you can see my past 
you tell me that love wasn’t meant to last 
you can take me back to the good ole days 
when i didn’t know nothin ‘bout your crazy ways 

you can say you’re sorry 
i know it don’t mean a thing 
you can say you’re changing  
but you always stay the same 
you can love somebody 
who’s never gonna love you back 
better take your suitcase 
head down the lonely tracks 

don’t get me drivin around the bend 
where i’m writin letters that i’ll never send 

you can read my cards  
you can see my past 
you can tell me that love wasn’t meant to last 
you can take me back to the good ole days 
when I didn’t know nothin ‘bout your crazy ways 

you can say you’re sorry 
i know it don’t mean a thing 
you can say you’re changing  
but you always stay the same 
you can love somebody 
who’s never gonna love you back 
better take your suitcase 
head down the lonely tracks 

you can read my cards you can see my past 
you can tell me that my love wasn’t meant to last 
you can take me back to the good ole days 
but you can’t do nothin ‘bout your crazy ways 

chorus repeat

11. never be another day 

tryin to get your day started 
confusion swirlin in your mind 
pieces that won’t fit together 
in a puzzle you got to leave behind 

never be another day like the one you’re living 
never be another chance to pass this way again  
never be another sun like the one you’re feelin      
never be a better time to let your life begin   
  
uh uh   oh oh   uh uh   mm mm 
    
everybody in the house is fussin and fightin 
they can’t get right to save their souls 
nothin in the world you can do about it 
just put on your shoes and hit the dusty road 

chorus 

if you could see you like i see you 
you’d never have another minute’s doubt 
you got the fire and spirit in you   
don’t ever let the world put it out 

chorus

12. my lucky day 

silver dime layin on the sidewalk 
it’s my lucky day my lucky day 
when somebody try to pull me down 
i fly away i fly away     

pain of the world runnin off of me 
i picture you i picture you 
holdin back the clouds so i can see  
my lucky day is shining through 
shining through 

i found something that no one can touch 
it’s deep inside it’s deep inside 
little bit of treasure that’s mine to keep 
so i don’t have to run and hide 

empty box that waits for me  
oh that’s just no way to be 
i don’t mind what i can’t see 
maybe it’s just my lucky day  

everything i’m finding now 
i don’t know how but it’s all that i need 
all the shadows in my mind  
i hope they’ll find somewhere to rest in peace 

silver drops falling from the highline 
it’s my lucky day my lucky day 
i don’t mind if the sun don’t shine 
this is where i want to stay 

dirt of the city runnin off of me  
i let it rain i let it rain  
i’m not far from the one i love  
i guess it’s just my lucky day yeah 
my lucky day