Right on Through Son Volt

"Waking brow, descending sun To scenes that strum, still sawing away Break for the wayward and for the stranger We're all in this danger, said the screed on the wall.

Picking Up The Signal Son Volt

"We've been through the thick Straightaways after Dragged for days on end Turning away from faster Downshifting low Reaches a point you know But I can't complain 'cause I know you're around Keeping with

Drown Son Volt

to the floor Just as well to keep it, a guessing game in store You're with me now, will be again All other points in between And the cruel, cruel mornings Have turned to days of swim or sink If living right

World Waits For You Son Volt

When the world wants right and wrong Could you break me the news If I asked you to lie Would you tell me the truth In this darkest hour A brave face will break soon The world waits for you The world waits

Live Free Son Volt

Looking for the right kind of live free or die... I want to see your smile through a pay phone The season has changed I want to see you in it The lights that shine are caustic without you.

Catching on Son Volt

Can't find a reason Can't find a way Guess it's not you and me Only dogs have their day Another case of words that melt It's not a question of right Nightmares in broad daylight Season crash, season burn

Endless War Son Volt

Brought up in the neighborhood of restlessness Brought up in the neighborhood without dreams Brought up in the neighborhood around death We all discover the right time to open our eyes Still trying to

Atmosphere Son Volt

pavement With spit in your heart Slow diamond's no laughter Sweep the hellhound trail Translate the faces Wash off the dust Smoke plume twilight American tears Prairie-burnt eyes tell the hell and break through

Medicine Hat Son Volt

There will be right, there will be wrong. Drop of the hat and it's already started Just like that and the deed is done What I'd give for the hat to be medicine The time is now to be on the run. "

Hanging Blue Side Son Volt

"Say hello to the blue side hanging around Didn't think it mattered, just a force of habit With room to roam, the wayside heals all thats wrong Didn't think it mattered, now the writings on the wall Been

Gramophone Son Volt

gramophone Same as stoned If it warms the soul Takes the strain away From an ice cold brain Hillbilly vein in 12-bar time Juke joints and honky tonks collide Sing the burdens the hardships of life Legends through

Creosote Son Volt

"Passing under barren skies Waiting for our worlds to collide, and there you are All alone Feeling bad Interstate movin' again Barrel through thick and thin, side by side To survive like creosote Born

Medication Son Volt

Living on medication Don't wanna know what I've done Place to place, on the run Living on medication Living on medication Wanted to slow the world down Make a break concentrate on Different solution Realization

Question Son Volt

No time to be singular Here's hoping that the feeling gets through The sound of sound beginning leads to places Where reflections break anew It's a question of you.

Back Into Your World Son Volt

Burning that four-barrel speed A battle cry to treat this absence Let me back into your world At the blink of the eye No uncertain terms Let me back into your world Spent the promises Spent the meantime Through

Windfall Son Volt

Now and then it keeps you running It never seems to die The trail's spent with fear Not enough living on the outside Never seem to get far enough Staying in between the lines Hold on to what you can Waiting

Afterglow 61 Son Volt

Hannibal's son saw the Gold Rush, Saw the Civil War done, Then settled down some On Highway 61. There's no reason to feel downhearted. There's music in the wheels. There to be found.

Blind Hope Son Volt

hand of time, served gods Waited around the display, saw no revelation No good to go feet first, all distraction and hesitation With a bucket for the leakage, brackish feelings to bail out Living it up on

Cemetery Savior Son Volt

enough to stay But you're leavin' before the day breaks Your proving ground is strange Your proving ground is strange No pain, no need to blink You say it's better when you don't think You like to live on

Streets That Time Walks Son Volt

"The beliefs from the status quo picture drop down like from a drip dispenser Leaving too many paths that lead to one-way talk with only the darkness Sun breaks on a buffer-zone madness fleeing ghosts

Bandages & Scars Son Volt

well Been doing a lot of thinking Thinking about hell Thinking about the ozone Thinking about lead Thinking about the future And what to do then The words of Woody Guthrie ringing in my head Blame it on

Who Son Volt

A mobile means to make the time A whirlwind half mast the senses Shaking your own brand of rhyme Shaking your own brand of rhyme On wide avenues the air moves the sound Cruising around Who makes the minutes

Way Down Watson Son Volt

"Put whiskey on the wounds Salt the glass and say goodbye No feel-good scenes to bring it back Just falling brick and broken glass Wrecking-ball operator Twenty years pulling the lever And these windows

Too Early Son Volt

the one God knows, you don't need it Too early, you might be the one To find yourself somewhere else Too early in the sun Never seen half of what you've seen Real life never quite adds up The road goes on

Out of the Picture Son Volt

Better find a focus or you're out of the picture Somewhere along the way the clock runs out Somewhere along the way it all stands still Firemen save a millionaire's mansion But when it's done, they sleep on

Route Son Volt

Reality, it burns The way we're living is worse The pillars of inspiration are all falling down The clean-up won't work while the fallout goes on.

Left A Slide Son Volt

Take it up next year Chalk it up to remember Wasted lonely fever The way we've tried Left a slide into harm's way Enough concern to ride it out It's no surprise that it's a long slow fade Let it rest on

Driving the View Son Volt

"From different levels Just pieces together Never had a fall That didn't burn with laughter Living it down Just enough time to revel All this talk about The machine and what it means On the street side

No More Parades Son Volt

Works on dreams inside of her schemes, lives like the words in a song. [Chorus] A pesticide moon hangs, cold coffee and tears flowin' out of the brain.

Ten Second News Son Volt

Bright eyes, don't change, stay the same There must be an answer for what keeps it going on But only you'll ever know 'Cause day by day it disappears Only you'll ever know

Been Set Free Son Volt

ground My life's been a burden Now I'm going home I've been loaded down Now I've been set free Farewell family, everyone I've known I lived within you but I rest alone May my leaving not be in vain Carry on

Jet Pilot Son Volt

Jet pilot for the day, washed his sins away Loves to see the rangers play His daddy has a job in Washington Wants to raise a Harvard son Junior liked to let his hair down Only trouble is word gets around

Last Minute Shakedown Son Volt

"You're constantly defining what's left A half-empty bottle of beer Your misses, match-ups And now here A weight lifted, a weight on the next Some days you don't know why And high a-bove it's all clear

Straightface Son Volt

"Call out your castaway You'll wake up to carry in the new day Send 'em out from the castle on high Talk is talk, solely in your mind Claim-stake the final words What goes around is knocking at your front

Loose String Son Volt

much living is no way to die Loose string Find the pieces don't fit in Loose string Coming up for air again and again Loose string Too much living is no way to die Said you haven't seen it all Just keep on

Ipecac Son Volt

Happy hair with fashion eyeClimbed up the Ivory TowerJust forgot what the game was forJust forgot what the game was forSing the streets of silenceHave to fight the wayFrom the bone cook up the morn...

6 String Belief Son Volt

Written about to deathAround for another breathThe cops will runThe masses will flowKilled by consolidationKilled by saturationThe underground will correctWith reaction rebellionRock and roll aroun...

Chaos Streams Son Volt

The faces we carried broke apartBelieve in the powered distance fadeFrom the dying dust a marauding shineFor the shedded skin and soulSmile upon the chaos streamsTurning point calm awaits youStop r...

Carry You Down Son Volt

"What has been given to this unforgiving surrounding?No contribution save an unwanted coffin.Can you share the news, the lowdown, what has happened?There's intrigue and passion of a murdering sort....

Tear Stained Eye Son Volt

Walking down Main StreetGetting to know the concreteLooking for a purpose from a neon signI would meet you anywhere the western sun meets the airWe'll hit the road, never looking behindCan you deny...

Caryatid Easy Son Volt

"And I remember one faded summerAnd I remember the curtain callWaiting outside, watching the time flyWay you roll the diceLeaves my eyesThere is no way to hideYou live inside my mindYou playA carya...

Flow Son Volt

"Wasted air, breathe so lowSame old politics of showJust don't find it the same as I leave itStill in the flowStill in the flow and I'm low to the groundJust wanna bring it aboutAlready seen from t...

Dead Man's Clothes Son Volt

"Who do you answer to?No one there, just pride.Will that water mix with bloodTo make the hollow man decide?No more dead tides, or red tidesWash over in this dream.I'm going, going downtownIn a dead...

Dangerous 220 Volt

lonely, weary or down I take any wheels and head out of town Away from a scene full of compromises You don't know what it's like From my point of view I don't care how you bite As long as you're doing it right

Headswitch Bruce Dickinson

"What would induce you to swear your allegiance to God, tonight Joined at the hip to a million volt switch of the light, alright You want to find out what the planet's about Falling from grace leaves a

TWELVE VOLT MAN Jimmy Buffett

the trick to arithmetic Three plus two be faux pas But ask for some palm trees Or tales from the South Seas I never had the clout to knock one out But hitting was the name of my game Standing on

I'm On Fire 220 Volt

"In the absence of a working brain My mind on vacation, must've been insane A fool for love I kissed my life goodbye At the wedding the word was spread around A memorable occasion, watch a man go down

The Harder They Come 220 Volt

(M.Karlsson / P.Olander / P.Hermansson / M.Larsson / J.Lundholm) I saw the tears in your eyes You were watching the show Loving a music man is never easy I know I told you baby, baby hold on To what you

Love Is All You Need 220 Volt

(M.Karlsson / P.Olander / P.Hermansson / M.Larsson / J.Lundholm) I'm a man, with feelings I never have shown Who tried to succeed on my own How could I be so blind?

Eye To Eye 220 Volt

the precious part And then turn out the light Anybody, anybody there My body's anybody there My body's taking off My mind is going nowhere You're of a kind I've seen that face before I know, could be on