WAY FAR GONE
It’s You – Adams
This makes me so sad
I have never wanted something so bad
It’s you, it’s me
Don’t want to get you down
Don’t want to see a frown
It’s you, it’s me
Gotta believe me, gotta believe me
We can’t stop now, can’t stop now
Can you see me, oh can you see me
We’re right here and now, right here and now
Help my soul and stay with me
Tonight is right for us to be
Just want to see you smile
And feel better by a mile
It’s you, it’s me
Can’t you see I’m trying
Without you it’s like dying
It’s you, it’s me
The Land of Milk and Honey – Berg
We come from a land of milk and honey
Just south of the mouth of the Chippewa
Life flows from the sky as the water dances
Just south of the mouth of the Chippewa
We took a train to Colorado, goats dot the canyon walls
Shadows of the fire dancing, we stopped to swim beneath the falls
I think we got it all
Walked off the train with my baby
Felt warm and safe before the flame
Green trees commune to build the forest
Connecting souls as the mother calls
Those diamond stars are omnipresent high atop the canyon walls
A sacred glimpse inside the wonder, the universe inside us all
I think we got it all
Putting on Airs – Anderson
I know I should like Wilco, but they never meant much to me
I don’t need goddamn Jeff Tweedy to validate my popularity
I’ve never been the kind of guy to say I don’t own a TV
Sometimes the low-hanging fruit is the best-tasting kind, that’s why I listen to Matchbox 20
I’d rather be myself than the person you want to see
I’m not much for putting on airs, I ain’t trying to be a saint
Don’t know what I am but I know what I ain’t
Yeah, putting on airs
What’s the use of being fake when I’m happy with me
I can’t think of no one I’d rather be
Yeah, putting on airs
I like my coffee black, I don’t need no french press pour-over
All I need it to do is to open my eyes and soften my latest hangover
I don’t subscribe to the New Yorker, don’t have box seats at Orchestra Hall
Well I’m easy to please, just a show at the Driftwood or an afternoon of baseball
More happy with myself than the person you want me to be
Brother John – Adams
This ain’t a song about jack or Jim, or any of those three wise men
It’s a song about brother John, who slit his head and wound up dead
Brother John, left him a letter didn’t make him feel better
Brother John, stroked his head and would up dead
Brother John, his name is Doe and nobody knows
John got in a fight with his lady last night, It didn’t matter who was wrong or right
Left him a note and left him flat broke, it said “bye” and that’s all she wrote
Now that John’s lady is gone, it felt like he could do no wrong
So he went out into the street, and found someone new to meet
Finding a lady on the street wasn’t smart, she looked sweet but she tore him apart
Now he’s motionless on his bed, and that’s how John got dead
Shattered – Adams
Wake up for another day of work, sleep lines of despair on my face
Hoping the day will take me to a different place, life can be hard and make you shirk
Another day sucking at my soul, bring back the normal, the routine
Can’t stand another minute staring at the screen, living like this I don’t feel whole
You say goddamn and tell me who I am
Now I’m sitting here in tatters ’cause my life’s been shattered by you
This ain’t right, no matter what you say, fall off the wagon and you had another drink
All this time gives you too much to think, don’t want to go on like this another day
I swear that life is just passing me by, feeling helpless to do anything about it
Hold on, Pt. 2 – Adams
At the moment when we lock eyes, got a feeling deep down inside
You’re the cure for my blues
There has never been so there’s always a first, I know now that I am not cursed
You’re the cure for my blues
Hold on to that feeling, hold on to that night
This has got me believing, yeah I gotta get this right
Forever grateful for the time we spend, even if it’s always on the mend
You’re the cure for my blues
All the twists and turns going down, always a crazy night in this town
You’re the cure for my blues
Way Far Gone – Berg
Crawling towards the past, running through my mind
Racing slowly sideways lost on the highways and the byways
I digress, see it’s wasted time
Slipping towards the future, I’m still lost in mine
One step forward, two steps behind
Three feet backward still I’m five feet shy
One step forward, two steps behind
And I’m way far gone
Green Light Go – Anderson
Well this corporate world, what’s it gotten me
Just days upon days of monotony
This dog-eat-dog routine is growing thin
I’m just a marching ant in an elevator
A man with a mouse and a calculator
I gotta find a way to pull up from my tailspin
Well it’s red light, yellow light, green light go
I’m on the plane to Mexico
Where tequila flows like water and there’s never any snow
If your issue is urgent, man, then I don’t care
I’m lying on a beach somewhere
If you think that you can make it here, it’s worth the trip I swear
On a call with my boss I hope I sound astute
“Insofar as…” oh shit, I’m on mute
Hit my head upon my desk until I feel no pain
Five meetings here, Powerpoints, 12 emails
When can I stop caring about the details
In my head I’m already jumping on that plane
Well it’s red light, yellow light, green light go
I’m on the plane to Mexico
Where tequila flows like water and there’s never any snow
I’m just lying around in the sun all day
There’s just now, no yesterday
I’m drinking from a coconut and I think I’m gonna stay
Been Thinking – Adams
I’ve been thinking, yes I’ve been drinking
I know things will be different this time
I’m not romancing, I don’t like dancing
I’m just a boy who wants your time
I won’t give up, there is no good reason
I won’t give up, it’s hardly the season
I’m standing here, looking at you
Wondering what to do
Tell me what I have to do
To win over you
You and me, I guarantee
You and me, is want to see
I can’t breathe, just grit me teeth
I’m just standing here waiting on you
I’m running around, all over town
I only want some time with you
I’ll make you see, one way or another
Make you see, I won’t be a bother
Stolen – Olk
Don’t deny it to me, you’ve robbed us before
Taken your toll… stolen dreams out the door
Generations lost to time… whether the reason, whether the rhyme
We try to give comfort, try to give love
No matter what, life’s not a glove
You may not know my name, but you know me just the same
We’re never quite sure who we’re going to get
Be it Jekyll or Hyde, we won’t soon forget
I recognize I’m staring down the barrel of a gun
Like a freight train, destined to rob my soul
Wonder how it will feel, will I know it all
I know you would take it, in a minute this pain
Time heals most wounds, really need your advice
Just an hour, just a minute someday might be bright
Scot-Free – Anderson
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should
Just because it’s possible don’t mean that it’s good
Just because it’s feasible don’t mean that it’s all right
Just because it’s easy don’t mean it won’t keep you up at night
Just because you can
Even the nicest of people can come up with a devious plan
All it takes is one tiny idea and too much time on their hands
You can’t say that there’s no guilt just because on one can see
Even if you don’t catch trouble don’t mean that you’ll get off scot-free
No, I Know – Anderson
The words you said to me were clear
My heart no longer welcome here
Our long good-byes better left unsaid
Just pretend things are fine instead
So I guess that’s all, feeling oh so small
I’m not gonna take it, I’m not going to care about you no more
It’s just time I faced it, you’re not going to walk on through that door
No, I know
Time for me to move on, start anew
I’ll forget who I was when I was with you
Pretend you never called me “corazon”
Try to turn these messy feelings into stone
So I guess I’ll leave, no relief, no reprieve
I’m not gonna take it, I’m not going to care about you no more
It’s just time I faced it, you’re not going to walk on through that door
You said you had no more to give, I want to believe that was true
I remember every detail, and I’m still glad that I met you
No, I know
Let’s consider this chapter closed
Let’s move on, not uncomposed
So I guess I’ll stay, excuse me if I just walk away
For Any Dream – Anderson
I supposed it’s time for me to go home
My head is spinning and I got no place to go
But it feels like I’m always the last to know
Thank you for the best day of my life
I don’t know how much more I have left to stay
But I’m sorry if I ever led you astray
Guarantee me tomorrow will be just like today
I promise I won’t let you down again
If you promise me you’ll always be my friend
I pull up my hood and just start to walk
I swear it’s you going by but we don’t talk
I turn around and all I see is snow
If it was you going by, I don’t know
I guess that’s just the way life’s supposed to go
I reach across to turn off the light
and I ask if I can kiss you good night
Things are always better than they seem
And I wouldn’t trade you in for any dream
ROAD TO NOWTHEN
Don’t Knock It – Adams
Don’t knock it ’til you try it
I mean to treat you well
Didn’t say you have to buy it
Let’s go raise a little hell
Don’t want to hear no anymore
Just open your mind and say yes
Don’t you close that door
It might be what’s best
You know this ain’t right
It’ll only cause a fight
But I just want to
Only look at me
Just don’t let me be
Comfort comes familiarity
Just try it and see
Here I Sit – Anderson
Here I sit broken hearted
I can’t quit what I never started
Wry smiles, furtive glances
I’ve had a lifetime of missed chances
Here I sit empty-handed
Why does nothing go like I planned it
Sittin’ at the bar alone
My only friends are on my phone
Here I sit thinking bad thoughts
I keep actin’ on all those should-nots
My propensity to do the wrong thing
Has only left me with a sense of longing
Here I sit hearing voices
Makin’ all questionable choices
Try to go by my first instinct
I’m unable to be succinct
And here I am
I can’t walk away ’cause here I sit
Here I sit heart on my sleeve
Not sure what I want to achieve
Lookin’ sad, lookin’ lonely
Just wanna be your one and only
Here I sit with my fake grin
Enabled by all this cheap gin
False bravado, liquid courage
Got me behavin’ all with a flourish
And I’m probably just a disaster
My mistakes pile up faster and faster
I can’t plaster over them anymore
I’m done for, there’s no encore, no more this you can’t ignore
Here I sit bruised and battered
All my hopes and dreams are shattered
No one loves me as much as me
This is my new reality
Here I sit eyes wide open
This ain’t goin’ like I was hopin’
I accept my limitations
There ain’t no end to my frustrations
Here I stand, hands are shakin’
Tryin’ to pretend my heart’s not breakin’
All my life’s led up to this
I’m on the precipice of bliss
Here I stand walking toward you
At least we can make our debut
Can’t believe that this is real
Is this how I’m supposed to feel
Cheers– Adams
Walking through like I own this town
Don’t always recognize what’s around
My oh my how time goes so fast
All my friends aren’t in the past
Cheers to you
Cheers to me
Raise your glass to set you free
All my friends are here with me
No other place I’d rather be
Pull up to my favorite bar
This is the best place by far
Never say no and stop at one
All my friends are here ’til we’re done
Now and Then – Olk
Now and then take the long route
Short way to an end
Stand up to be counted, or sit down and shut down
It’s true.. have we disappointed
Living proof it’s all disjoined
Take back the time
Parliamentary, fine wine over time
Talk about the past, cloture over airtime
Not envisioned over a thousand times
Sadly just as the sunrise
Can we get there again
Shut down – end inner demons
Silence, dissidence, disillusionment
Take it back to the beginning
Prodigal Son – Anderson
I am the brother of the prodigal son
He always gets a party while I don’t get none
He was a waste but he came back today
He got laid I got a 401k
Every woman has eyes for him tonight
My red Solo cup is filled with Sprite
He’s a blast, I was always outdone
I am the brother of the prodigal son
I am the brother of the prodigal son
He blew is fortune in L.A. then lived on the run
I lived clean, he lived off his charms
Now daddy says “you’re back” with open arms
Now everyone acts like he’s back from the dead
I’ve been here the whole time not a word was said
He’s perpetually twenty-one
I am the brother of the prodigal son
I know I should be happy that he’s home
I wish he’d stayed away, and left us all alone
They loved him more and seeing proof’s not fun
I am the brother of the prodigal son
I am the brother of the prodigal son
My time to shine has begun
Time to start livin’ life for me
Footloose, merry, fancy free
Hit the ATM and then I’ll pack
I look forward to the feast when I get back
It’s time to look out for number one
I am the brother of the prodigal son
Austin City Limits – Anderson
I grew up in a little town in southeast Minnesota
Couldn’t get away with anything ’cause everybody knowed ‘ya
High school was an awful drag, and so was church on Sundays
So my friends and me killed our free time just cruisin’ down those one-ways
Our dads worked at the packing plant, tryin’ to make ends meet
Our moms worked hard just to make our homes, cook the dinner, clean the loveseat
My summer job I worked at the pool, sun and girls who stole the show
Little’d I know that’d turn out to be the best job that I’d ever know
I’m a little rough around the edges, no matter how you spin it
I’m not from the country but those Austin City Limits
There were parties out on country roads, and maybe some underage drinking
Pay no mind to those empty Miller cans, that can’t be what you’re thinking
Friday nights were football games, those fight songs really lit the spark
And afterwards there in the gym we’d dance to Fishing In The Dark
My parents told me life ain’t fair, so just bear up and grin it
I learned about life’s ins and outs in those Austin City Limits
I think I grew up fine and well, but if my cards were on the table
I wanted to get out of there just as soon as I was able
I’ll always look back with a smile, remembering those good days
When I was young and life was simple, before my current rat-race maze
My childhood seemed to fly right by, it seemed less than a minute
Some days it feels like I just left those Austin City Limits
It’s said that town made me who I am, I s’pose that could have been it
I’ll look back fondly at my time in those Austin City Limits
Clear and Free – Adams
Country roads, everybody’s got them
It’s the place you go to get clear and free
Country roads, it’s not about them
Gotta go to the place and see
Living day by day and taking it as it comes
Looking around to get my head on straight
Walk to the edge then pull it on back
Sitting in the dark and looking for the light
You and me on this road together
Hand in hand, gotta come with me
Never been a better time to walk on through
In that place I can be me
Panic Tomorrow – Adams
Turn on the TV and see the bad news
People killing in the street
People running from the police
It’s just negative news, watch the negative news
The weather you know is changing
Can’t decide if it’s warming or cooling
All the experts are calling for the end
Politics can’t decide on which side to stand
Panic like there’s no tomorrow
Here today nothing but sorrow
Panic like there’s no tomorrow
Give me some, just need to borrow
Desolation desperation
Where did all the good people go
Lose a house, lose a car
News is the same no matter where you are
There are break-ins and there are beatings
Bring on the news even while you’re eating
Watch the news when you get into bed
Might wonder if you’re better off dead
Wanna grab your family run for the hills
No one can find you to pay the bills
Won’t listen to the mongering
Don’t bother me with the rhetoric
Want the good life
It has to be out there
Won’t listen to the radio
Won’t turn on the TV
Won’t choose fear
Choose positive
Pay Phone – Anderson
I dropped my quarter in the pay phone
But that thing hasn’t worked for years
I dropped my quarter in the pay phone baby
But those things are souvenirs
How do I tell you I love you
In this new age that we’re in
How do I tell you I love you
I’m so old I don’t know where to begin
I tried to make you a mix tape
How do I do that on my phone
I tried to make you a mix tape baby
But Siri says that app’s unknown
How do I tell you I love you
My Spotify says I’m offline
How do I tell you I love you
My heart’s stored on cloud 9
When I saw that you texted me
You don’t know how that affected me
I’d say your virus infected me
But that don’t sound very good
I tried to write you a love note
Where can I buy a stamp
I tried to write you a love note baby
But my hand it starts to cramp
How do I tell you I love you
Do I swipe left or right
How do I tell you I love you
I just wanna come over tonight
Money Walks – Adams
Money walks, money talks
It’s what makes the world go around
It’s what everyone wants, but it it always haunts
Bring on greed even if it drives you do the ground
It always could even though it’s misunderstood
They always try to tell you it cannot bring joy
There is always a want and a reason to flaunt
Even if can’t it’s sure a fun ploy
Money, you know you really want it
Money, you know you gotta have it
So just give me some, just give me some
Never enough, just more more more
A necessary evil let’s make a deal
Working every day to just bring home a score
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