Grant Lee Phillips

You're a pony that's OK
I don't need to see you
Tied up to a hitching gate
That would only break you

The light pours in
Onto our skin
We have the power to begin
When all we want is the world

I'm a zebra that's all right
All I see is black and white
When it comes to being gray
Well I won't stand in the way

The light pours in
And out of our furnace
We have the power just to turn
Turn into gods turn into heroes

The light pours in
Onto our skin
We have the power to begin
When all we want is the world

Heavenly heavenly what other words
Could I use to describe
The heavenly ivory touch of your hand
As it covers my eyes
Hushing me off to sleep
Putting my mind at ease

Lovingly lovingly every caress
That you ever gave
All of you knowing me like no one else
At the end of the day
Brushing my fears away
Knowing just what to say

Heavenly heavenly no other love
Was meant to be mine
The perfectly heavenly stars up above
Were duly aligned
I had to wait for you
Now that my search is through

Heavenly heavenly

I've been seeking affirmations
All night long oh and
What I'm feeling in my heart it
Can't be wrong no Sir

I keep squinting for something I might have
Done hair different it's all up for grabs
Lord I've been squinting as though through a keyhole
Just like Clint Eastwood for a few dollars more

I done read all of the cards and I
Saw my fate waiting
Like a chauffeur down at the airport it
Holds my name up but

I keep squinting for something I might have
Just overlooked but there ain't no turning back
I've been squinting as though through a keyhole
Just like Clint Eastwood for a few dollars more

Folks around me they keep stepping
In my shoes oh but
They don't fit right and they don't walk
The way I do oh and

All the garbage trucks a rolling
Down my street slowly
I can barely strain away to
Hear myself think ah

I keep squinting for something I might have
Done hair different it's all up for grabs
Lord I've been squinting as though through a keyhole
Just like Clint Eastwood for a few dollars more

Mmm mum is the word
Numb is a better word
So haven't you heard

Luke the Drifter and me
Who wrote us a song
Too lonesome to sing

Not on this side of the dial
Not on this short wave

Buster Keaton and I
Danced down on the window seal
Ten stores high

If one night you take to walking
Way up off the ground
Do yourself a favor
Don't look down

I keep falling back to earth
Just as I am floating high

Luke the Drifter and me
Thumbed us a ride
Down the highway of dreams

Once you're out beyond the city
This old road gets dark
Lose your barrens
And forget where you are

I keep falling back to earth
Just as I am floating high
Very high high high

All these rats are swimmin' for the land
They ain't goin' down with the captain
Same old rats that took a bite outa' me
Darling way back when the word was mutiny

Nothin' but a raft to carry me and my girl
They just wrote us off
Till we turned up blazing torches on their docks

One night we're gonna' burn 'em down

And the same goes for those who underestimate
Said the love of my life was just another blind date
You know I hardly had a single word edgewise
Before the true believers started to drop like flies

But I don't see 'em out parading arm in arm
I see 'em dodging cars in harm's way
You think with so many words of wisdom they could fill up a library

But one night I'd have to burn it down
One night I'd have to burn it down

I can think of at least fourteen ways to disappear
No I don't need to be told when it's plain as day I'm in the minority here
But why must all the horrible people have all the cheer

Blue green grass is standing somewhere still
I know it is even if it's over landfill
I got to think that there's still a tiny patch
To raise some hens and watch those chickens hatch

Browsing through the almanac I watch the stars
That plummet now and then
And I'm waiting for a flamin' shoe to drop on us again

One night gonna burn it down
One night we're gonna burn it down

(One two three
One two three)

Oh what a colorful lie
Leading me on
Without ever batting an eye
How many pecks on the cheek
Before I get wind
That I'm on a losing streak
Yeah too many for me
Too many for me

Darlin' I'm folding
I'm tired of holding
Onto a love untrue
Darlin' I'm folding
I lay down my hand
And walk away from you

Oh what a painful lament
Knowing what was
And not knowing where it went
Destiny beckoned my name
Drew me to you
But destiny loves to play games
Yeah loves to play games

Darlin' I'm folding
I'm tired of holding
Onto a love untrue
Darlin' I'm folding
I lay down my hand
And walk away from you

I'll walk away it's true
For I keep breaking this promise
Breaking this promise

Darlin' I'm folding
I'm tired of holding
Onto a love untrue
Darlin' I'm folding
I lay down my hand
And walk away from you

World you are a mill
Do you grind away until
Every grain of life is tilled

Girl you're like a running stream
And every line I've tossed you've washed it clean
Upon the shore you're headed for the sea

There's a peace that I've always found
In a lonesome serenade
Such a piece of mind overwhelms
As my every desire's replayed
Oh oh oh in a lonesome serenade

Rowed on paddle boats
In a past of mine I've never known
On a lake of polished stone

Take us far away
To an island where she can't be swayed
By another man's embrace

There's a peace that I've always found
In a lonesome serenade
Such a piece of mind overwhelms
As my every desire's replayed
Oh oh oh in a lonesome serenade

Warmed when you become
Reckon all that growin' pains you some
Still you smile what's done is done

There's a peace that I've always found
In a lonesome serenade
Such a piece of mind overwhelms
As my every desire's replayed
Oh oh oh like a lonesome serenade

There's a tug at my heart
Like a rope it's pulling
Out on the horizon
But I've no way of knowing
Where to start

Nothing is for sure no sleep still in my eyes
Fumbling for the door oh she doesn't like to face the morning light
Nothing is for sure oh as I begin my day
Glasses are a blur as my world's about to spin the other way

Staring at the ceiling
I can see to heaven
But only when I'm willing
So I pray for the strength
To begin again again

Nothing is for sure no sleep still in my eyes
Fumbling for the door oh she doesn't like to face the morning light
Nothing is for sure oh as I begin my day
Glasses are a blur as my world's about to spin the other way

Spin me the other way
I've got to learn not to say always
Spin me the other way
People on the other half got no worries

Nothing is for sure no sleep still in my eyes
Fumbling for the door oh she doesn't like to face the morning light
Nothing is for sure no as I begin my day
Glasses are a blur as my world's about to spin the other way

Nothing is for sure oh
And nothing is for sure
Spin me the other way
I've got to learn not to say always

Watching the clock over Jackson Square
I could feel my life drifting away
Loosing my hold like the muddy banks
In eleven straight days of rain

I want to call on the St. Expedite
I better call on that St. Expedite

Hung on the carousel took me a while
To see that it just goes 'round
I kept a thinking your name rings a bell
You resemble someone when you smile

And I wanna say it's that St. Expedite
Honey you got a face like St. Expedite

My spirit grows heavy and I wonder at times
What keeps it from floating up higher
The hatred of people that I might have crossed
Or the gravity of our desires

It's hell either way callin' St. Expedite
Hell either way callin' St. Expedite

Gutter trickle, bombast
A gunpowder wind
Wanna' let it all sink in
Like a rain collecting
I held on to you
Even when you begged me not to

Can't ya see I'm all bound up
A million knots down in my gut
Well I feel I've had enough, enough
I just wanna' run away
Run, run away
Run, run away
Run, run away

And I can make it happen
I'm magic and all
See me conjuring my downfall
Oh the gates are closin' in
Swallowin' the key
How am I to know you love me
Love me

Can't ya see I'm all bound up
A million knots down in my gut
Well I feel I've had enough, enough
I just wanna' run away
Run, run away yea
Run, run away

Kill the pain
Kill the shame
Wanna' feel nothin' at all

Run, run away
Run, run away
Run, run away
Run, run away

Words and Music by Gram Parsons / Bob Buchanon

In South Carolina there are many tall pines
I remember the oak tree that we used to climb
But now when I'm lonesome, I always pretend
That I'm getting the feel of hickory wind

I started out younger at most everything
All the riches and pleasures, what else could life bring
But it makes me feel better each time it begins
Callin' me home, hickory wind

It's a hard way to find out that trouble is real
In a far away city, with a far away feel
But it makes me feel better each time it begins
Callin' me home, hickory wind

Keeps callin' me home, hickory wind
Keeps callin' me home, hickory wind

Brown doves on the wire
Do they ever tire
Up in the eggshell sky
I know if it was me
Wings a' take ya far
The burden of flight is our's

Even 'thout the sun in your eyes
Some things are hard to find
You could go the rest of your life
'Till the fountain of youth runs dry

Ever in pursuit of another clue
The sea in response is blue
Take a look around
Have you any doubt
The heart is responding too

Even 'thout the sun in your eyes
Some things are hard to find
You could go the rest of your life
'Till the fountain of youth runs dry

Comes another freeze
All the barren trees
Under the eggshell sky
They may disappear
Splendor of the years
Unknowable without tears

Even 'thout the sun in your eyes
Some things are hard to find
You could go the rest of your life
'Till the fountain of youth runs dry
'Till the fountain of youth runs dry
'Till the fountain of youth runs dry

Set your wooden horses to roam
In the dust, come galloping home
Ah, into the grave
Sooner or late
You'll be led like a child
By the hidden hand of fate

Oh the silver hearse is in wait
And she revs outside a' the gate
Ah, sooner or late
Sooner or late
To be snuffed like a flame
By the hidden hand of fate

Set your nuclear rockets ta' aim
When ya mingle riches and faith
The rules of the game
Sooner or late?.

Set you're fields of poppies aflame
In your one god's heavenly name
Ah, sooner or late
Sooner or late
You'll be plucked like a fig
By the hidden hand of fate

Set your wooden horses to roam
In the dust, come galloping home
Ah, into the grave
Sooner or late
You'll be led like a child
By the hidden hand of fate
You'll be led like a child
By the hidden hand of fate
To be snuffed like a flame
By the hidden hand of fate
Plucked like a fig
By the hidden hand of fate
By the hidden hand of fate

Oh boy
Makin' noise
For the love a' Buddy Holly
My six string
Way gone
Real low
Let it roll
Like a motor ever purrin'
My machine
Rave on
Sentimental blood
You spill
I'll reach out to catch it
Oh boy
Makin' out
Gotta' try to make the most
Of a queer thing
Ah, gotta' shout
Real loud
Rock n' roll
Cupid Charlie noddin' off
In the mezzanine
Gotta' shout
Sentimental tears
You spill
I'll reach out to catch them,
I may never see the light
I may never dream in color
I may may never see the light a' day
Feelin' dizzy
Feelin' weak
Feelin' dizzy
Like I'm gonna' sink?
Oh boy
Makin'noise
For the love a' Buddy Holly
My six string
Way gone
Real low
Let it roll
Like a motor ever purrin'
My machine
Rave on
Sentimental blood
You spill
I'll reach out to catch it
Sentimental tears
You spill
I'll reach out to catch it (cont.)
I may never see the light
I may never dream in color
I may may never see light a' day
I may never see the light
I may never win you over
I may never be in love
I may never see the light
I may never see light
I may may never see light a' day

Chain Lightning
Young lions
Come thundering
A dancin' town
Chain Lightning
Come to strike you down

Brute force
Gun crazy
Come roarin'
Onto foreign ground
Chain Lightning
Are you loosing count

Ramrods
In the walled city
No mercy
When the sun goes down
Chain Lightning
Come to strike you down

Steel jungle
Big trouble
All greener than a dollar bill
Chain Lightning
Strikin' at your heels

Chain Lightnin'
Young lions
Boy, you were never a born to kill
Chain Lightnin'
Oh it's so unreal

Nothin' gonna' break heart your today
Nothin' gonna' steal your light away
Even when the skies are turnin' grey
Ah, you're gonna' welcome in the rain

Come on, Come on
Ah let me hear it
Come on, Come on
I'll raise the spirit

Nothin' gonna chain you once your free
Haven't gotta live in misery, no
Even when ya tried out every key
Still another door worth opening, yea

Come on, Come on
Ah let me hear it
Come on, Come on
I'll raise the spirit

Music in your heart
Comin' on in waves, love
Thunder in your head is rollin' away

Nothin' gonna twist your arm again
Nothin' gonna' sway you like the wind, oh
Never gonna' get under your skin
Nothin' gonna twist your arm again, no

Come on, Come on
Ah let me hear it
Come on, Come on
I'll raise the spirit

Come on, Come on
Ah let me hear it
Come on, Come on
I'll raise the spirit

All my funny pages
Cartoon Saturdays ago
Carved my number in the door
Oh my revelation
Railway summers overcast
And the creaking of the boards

No use draggin' down to the wire
Same blue devils leap from the fire
There's no easy come, easy go

Oh my happyender
Teacup manners under glass
My gravel blinded love
Oh my sorry jailer
Isn't nothin' here for you
To revel in the dust

No use draggin' down to the wire
Same blue devils leap from the fire
There's no easy come, easy go

All my funny pages
Cartoon Saturdays ago
Carved my number in the door

No use draggin' down to the wire
Same blue devils leap from the fire
There's no easy come, easy go
Easy come, easy go
Easy come, easy go
Easy come, easy go

Oh you rush and you run
To the ends of the earth
Is your work ever done
Oh and what is it worth
Blood on your hands
Killing a dead man
Time and again
Time and again

Oh this curse of your name
Aint no shower of stones
That'll wash it away
So ya wander alone

Blood on your hands
Killing a dead man time and again
Time and again
Time and again

Knelt by the low waters and wept
Spilt every last
Secret ya kept

Oh my troublesome twin
On the verge of collapse
Will this night put an end
To your sorrow at last

Blood on your hands
Killing a dead man time and again
Time and again
Time and again
Time and again