1)
death of a hobo -
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2) give me
your love -
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3) how could i ever leave you - for notes on this song, click here
4) indian summer -
i'm leavin' your sweet love behind me
the gentlest love i've ever known
and i'm prayin', by the time the geese fly south
i won't need it to keep me from the cold
who know where i'll be this year in Indian summer
or when the snows begin to fall
by time the leaves have turned to color
maybe i won't have no home at all
God keep you safe and warm in California
i hear you're goin' back to school
only think of me kindly sometimes while i'm wanderin'
even tho' i'm content to stay a fool
who know where i'll be this year in Indian summer
or when the snows begin to fall
by time the leaves have turned to color
maybe i won't have no home at all
'cause i've lived my life for myself alone
so many summers come and gone
don't feel cheated, i had nothin' but i loved you best i could
take my leavin' song, it's everything i own
who know where i'll be this year in Indian summer
or when the snows begin to fall
by time the leaves have turned to color
maybe i won't have no home at all
5) jigsaw poet's revenge -
you were prime, you were cherry
and you were lookin' oh so pretty
you were sleepin', so to speak,
upon your seat, across the aisle
it was time for the ferry
and i had hardly begun this ditty
but you had beaten your retreat
before we'd gone a crooked mile
you're a liar, you're a cheat
you left me stranded on the street
i can't remember where i'm goin' or where i've been
but once before you go
if you've got any love to show
won't you sing me the chorus of 'Christine' one more time.
won't you sing me the chorus of 'Christine'.
you were tawdry, i was gassed
but your antique Chinese beauty
would only have driven me,
as it were, further insane
still my heart broke, down in Norfolk
when your sweet ass took it's luggage
off the bus and stood there makin'
ugly faces at the rain
you're a liar, you're a cheat
you left me stranded on the street
i can't remember where i'm goin' or where i've been
but once before you go
if you've got any love to show
won't you sing me the chorus of 'Christine' one more time.
won't you sing me the chorus of 'Christine'.
"Here's the rain that's to wash you
And the meadow roots to hold you tight
Here's robe of earth, and a crown of dew
For the shining face here's the mask of night.
And worms to circle the dancing feet
And a stone for where the wonder was
Lie quiet, love, here's and end of pain
And the flowers to bring you back again."
( from a tombstone in southern Illinois, courtesy of Thom Bishop )
6) ring of
keys -
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