BUTCHERS BLOCK/MILE 0
Sittin' outside of the butcher's block
Gettin' so hungry my guts are startin' to talk
But it ain't open so I guess I'll walk
To get myself a cup of strong coffee

 

There's this little place just down the street
It won't take long travelin' by my feet
I wonder if they got something to eat
That don't cost an arm and a knee

 

(CHORUS)
Killin' time at Mile 0
Readin' poems on alley walls
Killin' time at Mile 0
Waitin' on the drivers call

 

I sat myself down in the sun
Wonderin' what more has to be done
900 miles till my race is run
Then I'll be back home

 

I gotta tell you folks it ain't no lie
You better live your life out before you die
And your spirit you must never deny
Don't let your heart refuse to roam
REPEAT CHORUS

 

12 LAWS OF THE SELF
I am small while the world is infinite.

I am nothing while not breathing with the wind.

I am the universe and the self.

Every leaf on every tree is a different side of myself.
To observe,
unlock
and understand.

Every rain drop is a history lesson.

When I'm asleep my dreams are your rivers.

My foes are rocks in the riverbed.

But I shall overflow them and continue to

flood the land with my dreams.

Rainbows are the suns dimples.

Clouds keep the mountains company.

Without the sun there'd be no darkness.
Without darkness there'd be no sun.

I am the mountain that needs to be climbed.

 

COME UP AGAIN
Come on down, come on up
Take a drink from the golden cup
Runnin' high, runnin where?
Ain't no time, ain't no other way

 

If you're hurt cry some tears
If you're old think about young years
When you were free 'fore you were caught
'Fore they gave you the life you bought

 

I said it once ain't gonna say it again
Things ain't like they were way back when
Things ain't like they were way back when

Come on up, come on down
 

Go out the back and slide around
Things ain't like they were way back when
Come on again
Come up again
Come up again

 

FANNIN' THE FLAMES
Walkin' down the street
Tryin' to get you off of my mind
It's gettin' dark
I never knew a girl could be so unkind

 

You're fannin' down the flames
Fannin' down the flames
Fannin' down the flames of desire

 

What makes you do the things
That you do to me
When I get back I know that
You won't let me be

 

You're fannin' down the flames
Fannin' down the flames
Fannin' down the flames of desire

 

Where you go and who you see
No longer matters to me
I may be wrong but I got this song
'Nearer my god to thee'

 

You're fannin' down the flames
Fannin' down the flames
Fannin' down the flames of desire

 

DON'T LET ME DOWN
Well it's a wicked world we live in
It's a hard place to find a break
Everywhere you've been, you've been greeted by sin
But avenging gods will soon awake
So don't let me down

 

(CHORUS)
I tried my best to forget you
I put your pictures in a secret file
When I'm starin' out across the ocean
I swear the waves look just like your smile
Don't let me down

 

I could walk this great big world
And still not be free from you
You would find a way to haunt my dreams
So that none of them could come true
Don't let me down

REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT VERSE 1
REPEAT CHORUS

 

3 STARS
Well I woke up this morning and I found myself dead
Everything that I love is hangin' by a thread
I got dreams that would drive other men to their grave
But each day I pray to the lord my soul to save

 

Well you won't say nothing you don't talk back
Am I just another mule layin' dead on your track
I got the scars to prove what you did to me
Well you can cry and you can lie to get false sympathy

 

Why won't you let me be baby what did I do to you
I tried to give you everything I know you know it's true
I got no idea what more you could possibly need
You got a hunger that no mortal man could ever feed

 

TELL IT TO ME
I wish that I could tell you all the things babe
That I dream of you
I wish that I could feel you in my arms babe
To sleep away the morning dew
But if you knew of the hell I live
And how's there's nothing that I wouldn't give
For you to be my gal

 

If I could just kiss you goodnight babe
There's nothing else I'd ever need
If we could run away tonight babe
I'd find my milk white steed
And we'd mount that fine old horse
And let love take it's course
Won't you be my gal

 

Please just grab me in your arms babe
And help to ease my weary mind
Won't you just take me to your room babe
Where there's only love to find
If we were alone I don't know what I'd say
That would cause your heart to sway
And to be my gal

 

I didn't think I could trust someone again babe
Some love lost got me burned
It's a battle I know I can win babe
Cause since that time I learned
That every page read leads to another page turned
And you don't know how long I've yearned
For you to be my gal

 

CRASHING DOWN
I know you were made for me
But I wasn't made for you
How long will you hate me
What more will you do

Cause rumors they've been flying
Spreading all over town
So tell me is this love
When it all comes crashing down

 

LEAVIN' YOU BEHIND
What I'm about to tell you just might break your heart
But I knew that you were evil right from the very start
You got chains around your ankles, chains around yer mind
Well you better straighten up baby
Cause I'm leavin' you behind

 

I swear a woman like you should be put out of doors
Forced to stay awake every night and sweat blood through your pours
You got chains around your ankles, chains around yer mind
Well you better straighten up baby
Cause I'm leavin' you behind

 

What I'm about to tell you just might break your heart
But I knew that you were evil right from the very start
You got chains around your ankles, chains around yer mind
Well you better straighten up baby
Cause I'm leavin' you behind

 

HOW DO YOU SLEEP
Sometimes I feel like you ain't got a clue
Tell me how you sleep at night
Spreadin' lies is all you do
Tell me how you sleep at night
Tell me how you sleep at night

 

Did it make you feel good to see me fall
Tell me how you sleep at night
Doesn't the guilt make your bones crawl
Tell me how you sleep at night
Tell me how you sleep at night

 

How come you can't move on with your life
Tell me how you sleep at night
Just go ahead and be another mans wife
Tell me how you sleep at night
Tell me how you sleep at night

 

You can only do what you can do
Tell me how you sleep at night
Only You, God and I know the truth
Tell me how you sleep at night
Tell me how you sleep at night
Tell me how you sleep at night
Tell me how you sleep at night

 

PISTON BROKE BLUES
Baby listen closely to the words I say
If you double-cross me you'll have hell to pay
Well I tried to be good but things just end up bad
Swear I got the same blues that Leadbelly had

 

(CHORUS)
Workin' in the morning
Drinkin' til the light of day

I've tried to quit but quittins not my style
I don't believe drinkin' hooch will make you go senile

REPEAT CHORUS
I'm an overworked mule kickin' in your stall
You make me smoke outside and have sex in the hall
You ring a bell and you wants me run
I won't ask forgiveness for what I haven't done
REPEAT CHORUS

 

THE DEVIL'S RIDING SHOTGUN TONIGHT
He got dirty knees and greasy hair
The devils riding shotgun tonight
Shifty eyes with a vacant stare
The devils riding shotgun tonight

 

Blistered fingers with a shaky voice
The devils riding shotgun tonight
Rattlin' nerves without any choice
The devils riding shotgun tonight

 

Rubber legs with wooden shoes
Plastic smile with the credit card blues
Got twisted ears and got rotten teeth
The devils riding shotgun tonight
 

Bitter tears got bad blood underneath
The devils riding shotgun tonight

He got thick skin and light feet
Born to sin deadbeat
 

Plastic nose, looks young
In shiny clothes with a loose tongue

He got mixed up thoughts he got black eyes
The devils riding shotgun tonight
Hairs on fire but he's disguised
The devils riding shotgun tonight

 

LEARNING TO LOVE
I can't remember just how it was before
I had your breath melt into mine
A love that came so quick seemed to leave us just as fast
Gone into the past
Sometimes first love should be the last

 

The seasons turnin'
We should be learnin' to love
And seek our guidance up above

 

There's a wolf a hangin' round outside our cabin door
I wonder what he's waiting for
In the beginning I thought you were my twin
You left me wanderin'
Our bed of love's turned into a bed of sin

 

The seasons turnin'
We should be learnin' to love
And seek our guidance up above

 

I'LL RUN AWAY
I'd run away, I'd run away
I'd run away back into your arms
That's where I belong

 

I'll run away, I'll run away
I'll run away back into your arms

 

I'd find a way to testify
That there ain't no mountain to high

 

I'll run away, I'll run away
I'll run away back into your arms

 

Just to be with you I'd cross the sea
There ain't no place that's too far for me

 

I'll run away, I'll run away
I'll run away back into your arms