Across A Wire-live In New York

I took the cannon ball down to the ocean
Across the desert from the sea to shining sea
I rode a ladder that climbed across the nation
50 million feet of earth between the buried and me
"how do you do?"
She said "hey, how do you do?"
She buys a ticket cause it's cold were she comes from
She climbs aboard because she's scared of getting older in the snow
Love is a ghost train through the darkness
Hold on to me darling i got no place to go
"how do you do?"
She said "hey, how do you do?"
I took the cannonball down to the ocean
Watch the diesel disappear beneath the tumbling waves
Love is a ghost train howling on the radio
"remember everything" she said "when only memory remains"
"how do you do?"
She said "hey, how do you do?"

She is trapped inside a month of gray
And they take a little every day
She is a victim of her own responses
Shackled to a heart that wants to settle
And then runs away
It's a sin to be fading endlessly
Yeah, but she's all right with me
She is leaving on a walkaway
She is leaving me in disarray
In the absence of a place to be
She stands there looking back at me
Hesitates, and then turns away
She'll change so suddenly
She's just like mercury
Yeah, but she's all right with me
Keep some sorrow in your hearts and minds
For the things that die before their time
For the restlessly abandoned homes
The tired and weary rambler's bones
And stay beside me where i lie
She's entwined in me
Crazy as can be
Yeah, but she's all right with me

I never go to new york city these days
Something about the buildings in chelsea just kills me
Maybe in a month or two,
Maybe when things are different for me,
Maybe when things are different for you
You know all of this shit, just sticks in my head

Is there anything different these days?
The light in her eyes goes out
I never had light in my eyes anyways
Maybe things are different these days

It's good for everybody to hurt somebody once in a while
The things i do to people i love shouldn't be allowed
Something about the buildings in chelsea just kills me
Something about the buildings in chelsea just kills me

Is there anything different these days?
The light in her eyes goes out,
I never had light in my eyes anyways
Maybe things are different these days

I dream i'm in new york city some nights.
Angels flow down from all the buildings
Something about an angel just kills me
I keep hoping something will

Is there anything different these days?
The light in her eyes goes out,
I never had light in my eyes anyways
Maybe things are, maybe maybe maybe
Maybe things are, maybe maybe maybe maybe things are different,
Maybe things are different these days
The light goes out

I never had light in my eyes anyways
Maybe things are different......these days.

She comes to me at night when i'm sleeping
She comes to me when i'm alone
She comes to me, she holds my head when i'm crying
She comes to me, she shuts my eyes
She brings me home
But i'm not sleeping anymore, anymore
But i'm not sleeping anymore, anymore
She tells me when you look at me, she tells me when you're lying
She tells me when you talk about me, she lays me on the floor
She tells me when you're whispering, she lies beside me naked
She tells me when you laugh at me and she locks all the doors
But i'm not sleeping anymore, anymore
But i'm not sleeping anymore, anymore
1-2-3-4-5-6-7a.m.
All alone again
But i've been through all this shit before
Spend my nights in self defense
Cry about my innocence
But i ain't all that innocent anymore, more, more
I see her on the tv, i see her in the movies
I see her in these animals that dance inside my head
I'll follow you down baby, down into this valley
I'll follow you down baby, but i won't come up again
But i'm not sleeping anymore, anymore
But i'm not sleeping anymore, anymore
I'm not sleeping
I'm not sleeping anymore

I said rain rain go away
Come again some other day,
Cause i got all this shit to say
But i've gone back to find my way.
My sister's mother's favorite son
Lost among the chosen one,
But i've got news for everyone
Cause i'm going out that door

mr. jones


I was down at the new amsterdam staring at this
Yellow-haired girl
Mr. jones strikes up a conversation with this black-
Haired flamenco dancer
She dances while his father plays guitar
She's suddenly beautiful
We all want something beautiful
I wish i was beautiful
So come dance this silence down through the morning
Cut up, maria! show me some of them spanish dances
Pass me a bottle, mr. jones
Believe in me
Help me believe in anything cause
I want to be someone who believes
Mr. jones and me tell each other fairy tales and we
Stare at the beautiful women
"she's looking at you. ah, no, no, she's looking at me."
Smiling in the bright lights
Coming through in stereo
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely
I will paint my picture
Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful
Gray is my favorite color
I felt so symbolic yesterday
If i knew picasso
I would buy myself a gray guitar and play
Mr. jones and me look into the future
Stare at the beautiful women
"she's looking at you.
, i don't think so. she's looking at me."
Standing in the spotlight
I bought myself a gray guitar
When everybody loves me, i will never be lonely
I want to be a lion
Everybody wants to pass as cats
We all want to be big big stars, but we got different
Reasons for that
Believe in me because i don't believe in anything
And i want to be someone to believe
Mr. jones and me stumbling through the barrio
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
"she's perfect for you, man, there's got to be
Somebody for me."
I want to be bob dylan
Mr. jones wishes he was someone just a little more
Funky
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as
Funky as you can be
Mr. jones and me staring at the video
When i look at the television, i want to see me staring
Right back at me
We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why
And we don't know how
But when everybody loves me, i'm going to be just
About as happy as i can be
Mr. jones and me, we're gonna be big stars...

My friend assures me "it's all or nothing"
I am not worried- i am not overly concerned
My friend implores me " for one time only,
Make an exception." i am not not worried
Wrap her up in a package of lies
Send her off to a coconut island
I am not worried - i am not overly concerned
With the status of my emotions
"oh", she says, "were changing."
But were always changing
It does not bother me to say this isn't love
Because if you don't want to talk about it then it isn't love
And i guess i'm going to have to live that
But, i'm sure there's something in a shade of gray
Or something in between
And i can always change my name if that's what you mean
My friend assures me "it's all or nothing`
But i am not really worried
I am not overly concerned
You try to tell your self the things you try tell your self to make
Yourself forget
To make your self forget
I am not worried
"if it's love" she said, "then were gonna have to think about the
Consequences"
She can't stop shaking and i can t stop touching her and.....
This time when kindness falls like rain
It washes her away and anna begins to change her mind
"these seconds when i'm shaking leave me shuddering
For days" she says.
And i'm not ready for this sort of thing
But i'm not gonna break
And i'm not going to worry about it anymore
I'm not gonna bend. and i'm not gonna break and
I'm not gonna worry about it anymore
It seems like i should say "as long as this is love..."
But it's not all that easy so maybe i should just
Snap her up in a butterfly net-
Pin her down on a photograph album
I am not worried
I've done this sort of thing before
But then i start to think about the consequences
Because i don't get no sleep in a quiet room and...
The time when kindness falls like rain
It washes me away and anna begins change my mind
And every time she sneezes i believe it's love
And oh lord.... i'm not ready for this sort of thing
She s talking in her sleep-it s keeping me awake
And anna begins to toss and turn
And every word is nonsense but i understand it and
Oh lord. i m not ready for this sort of thing
Her kindness bangs a gong
It's moving me along and anna begins to fade away
It s chasing me away. she dissappears, and oh lord i'm not ready for this sort of thing

Take the way home that leads back to sullivan st.
Cross the water and home through the town
Past the shadows that fall down wherever we meet
Pretty soon now i won't come around
I'm almost drowning in her sea
She's nearly fallen to her knees
Take the way home
Take the way home that leads back to sullivan st.
Where all the bodies hang on the air
If she remembers, she hides it whenever we meet
Either way now, i don't really care
Cause i'm gone from there
I'm almost drowning in her seas
She's nearly crawling on her knees
She's down on her knees
Take the way home that leads back to sullivan st.
Where i'm just another rider burned to the ground
Come tumbling down
I'm almost drowning in her sea
She's nearly crawling on her knees
It's almost everything i need
I'm down on my knees
I'm down on my knees

Well i guess you left me with some feathers in my hand
Did it make it any easier to leave me where i stand?
I guess there might not be too many who would stand beside you now
Where'd you come from? where am i going?
Why'd you leave me 'till i'm only good for...

Waiting for you
All my sins...
I said that i would pay for them if i could come back to you
All my innocence is wasted on the dead and dreaming

Every night these silhouettes appear above my head
Little angels of the silences that climb into my bed and whisper
Every time i fall asleep every time i dream
"did you come? would you lie?
Why'd you leave us 'till we're only good for...

Waiting for you"
All my sins...
I said that i would pay for them if i could come back to you
All my innocence is wasted on the dead and dreaming

I dream of michelangelo when i'm lying in my bed
Little angels hang above my head and read me like an open book
Suck my blood, break my nerve offer me their arms
W ell, i will not be an enemy of anything
I'll only stand here

Waiting for you
All my sins...
I said that i would pay for them if i could come back to you
All my innocence is wasted on the dead and dreaming

have you seen me lately


Get away from me
Get away from me, this isn't gonna be easy
But i don't need you
Believe me
You got a piece of me
But it's just a little piece of me
And i don't need anyone
And these days i feel like i'm fading away
Like sometimes when i hear myself on the radio
Have you seen me lately?
Have you seen me lately?
I was out on the radio starting to change
Somewhere out in america, it's raining
Could you tell me one thing you remember about me
And have you seen me lately?
I remember me
And all the little things that make up a memory
Like she said she loved to watch me sleep
Like she said:
"it's the breathing, it's the breathing in and out and in and..."
Have you seen me lately?
I was out on the radio starting to change
Somewhere out in america it's raining
Could you tell me one thing you remember about me
And have you seen me lately?
I guess i thought that someone would notice
I guess i thought somebody would say something
If i was missing
Can't you see me?
Come on color me in
Come on color me in
Give me your blue rain
Give me your black sky
Give me your green eyes
Come on give me your white skin
Come on give me your white skin
Come on give me your white skin
I was out on the radio starting to change
Somewhere out in america, it's raining
Could you tell me one thing you remember about me
And have you seen me lately?
Have you seen me lately