Fair & Square
  1. Glory of True Love

    Oh the glory of true love
    Is a wild and precious thing
    It don’t grow on old magnolias
    Or only blossom in the spring
    No the glory of true love
    Is it will last your whole life through
    Never will go out of fashion
    Always will look good on you
    You can climb the highest mountain
    Touch the moon and stars above
    But Old Faithful’s just a fountain
    Compared to the glory of true love
    Long before I met you darlin’
    Lord, I thought I had it all
    I could have my lunch in London
    And my dinner in St. Paul
    I got some friends in Albuquerque
    Where the governor calls me “Gov”
    You can give ‘em all to Goodwill
    For the glory of true love
    You can climb the highest mountain
    Touch the moon and stars above
    But Old Faithful’s just a fountain
    Compared to the glory of true love
    Glory, glory, glory, glory
    You can’t never get enough
    Time alone will tell the story
    Of the glory of true love
    Glory, glory, glory, glory
    You can’t never get enough
    Time alone will tell the story
    Of the glory of true love
  2. Crazy As a Loon

    Back before I was a movie star
    Straight off of the farm
    I had a picture of another man's wife
    Tattooed on my arm
    With a pack of Camel cigarettes
    In the sleeve of my tee shirt
    I'm headin' out to Hollywood
    Just to have my feelings hurt
    That town will make you crazy
    Just give it a little time
    You'll be walking 'round in circles
    Down at Hollywood and Vine
    You'll be waitin' on a phone call
    At the wrong end of a broom
    Yes, that town'll make you crazy
    Crazy as a loon
    So, I headed down to Nashville
    To become a country star
    Every night you'd find me hangin'
    At every honky-tonk and bar
    Pretty soon I met a woman
    Pretty soon she done me wrong
    Pretty soon my life got sadder
    Than any country song
    That town will make you crazy
    Just give it a little time
    You'll be walking 'round in circles
    Lookin' for that country rhyme
    You'll be waitin' on a phone call
    At the wrong end of a broom
    Yea, that town'll make you crazy
    Crazy as a loon
    So, I gathered up my savvy
    Bought myself a business suit
    I headed up to New York City
    Where a man can make some loot
    I got hired Monday morning
    Downsized that afternoon
    Overcome with grief that evening
    Now I'm crazy as a loon
    So I'm up here in the north woods
    Just staring at a lake
    Wondering just exactly how much
    They think a man can take
    I eat fish to pass the time away
    'Neath this blue Canadian moon
    This old world has made me crazy
    Crazy as a loon
    Lord, this world will make you crazy
    Crazy as a loon
  3. Long Monday

    You and me
    Sittin' in the back my memory
    Like a honey bee
    Buzzin' 'round a glass of sweet Chablis
    Radio's on
    Windows rolled up
    And my mind's rolled down
    Headlights shining
    Like silver moons
    Rollin' on the ground
    We made love
    In everyway love can be made
    And we made time
    Look like time
    Could never fade
    Friday Night
    We both made the guitar hum
    Saturday made Sunday feel
    Like it would never come
    Gonna be a long Monday
    Sittin' all alone on a mountain
    By a river that has no end
    Gonna be a long Monday
    Stuck like the tick of a clock
    That's come unwound - again
    Soul to soul
    Heart to heart
    And cheek to cheek
    Come on baby
    Give me a kiss
    That'll last all week
    The thought of you leavin' again
    Brings me down
    The promise of
    Your sweet love
    Brings me around
    It's gonna be a long Monday
    Sittin' all alone on a mountain
    By a river that has no end
    It's gonna be a long Monday
    Stuck like the tick of a clock
    That's come unwound - again
    And again
  4. Taking a Walk

    A man came to our house
    I believe it was yesterday
    I would have invited him in
    But I didn't have a lot to say
    His anticipation of me opening the door
    Outweighed my apprehension as it never had before
    And drove my concentration
    Right through that hardwood floor
    I'm taking a walk
    I'm going outside
    I'm taking a walk
    I'm just getting by
    There's a girl in the white house
    I don't even know her name
    Her disheveled appearance
    Speaks volumes of shame
    It's an embarrassing situation
    But a situation just the same
    The way she walks on others
    And never takes the blame
    Upsets my constitution
    Beyond its mortal frame
    Oo-oo a-ha
    I'm taking a walk
    I'm going outside
    I'm watching the birds
    I'm just getting by
    Found a card in the pocket
    Of my worn out overalls
    From a girl in Cedar Rapids
    Now residing in Idaho Falls
    I wish you could have been there
    When she opened up the door
    And looked me in the face
    Like she never did before
    I felt about as welcome
    As a Wal-Mart Superstore
    0o-oo - a-ha
    I'm taking a walk
    I'm going outside
    I'm taking a walk
    I don't need a ride
    I'm watching the birds
    Flying so high
  5. Some Humans Ain't Human

    Mmmm Mmmm
    Mmmm Mmmm
    Mmmm Mmmm
    Mmmm Mmmm
    Some humans ain't human
    Some people ain't kind
    You open up their hearts
    And here's what you'll find
    A few frozen pizzas
    Some ice cubes with hair
    A broken Popsicle
    You don't want to go there
    Some humans ain't human
    Though they walk like we do
    They live and they breathe
    Just to turn the old screw
    They screw you when you're sleeping
    They try to screw you blind
    Some humans ain't human
    Some people ain't kind
    You might go to church
    And sit down in a pew
    Those humans who ain't human
    Could be sittin' right next to you
    They talk about your family
    They talk about your clothes
    When they don't know their own ass
    From their own elbows
    Jealousy and stupidity
    Don't equal harmony
    Jealousy and stupidity
    Don't equal harmony
    Mmmm Mmmm
    Mmmm Mmmm
    Mmmm Mmmm
    Mmmm Mmmm
    Spoken:
    Have you ever noticed
    When you're feeling really good
    There's always a pigeon
    That'll come shit on your hood
    Or you're feeling your freedom
    And the world's off your back
    Some cowboy from Texas
    Starts his own war in Iraq
    Some humans ain't human
    Some people ain't kind
    They lie through their teeth
    With their head up their behind
    You open up their hearts
    And here's what you'll find
    Some humans ain't human
    Some people ain't kind
    Mmmm Mmmm
    Mmmm Mmmm
    Mmmm Mmmm
    Mmmm Mmmm
    Mmmm Mmmm
    Mmmm Mmmm
  6. My Darlin' Hometown

    Far away over the sea
    There's a river that's calling to me
    That river she runs all around
    The place that I call my hometown
    There's a valley on the side of the hill
    And flowers on an old windowsill
    A familiar old picture it seems
    And I'll go there tonight in my dreams
    Where it's green in the summer
    And gold in the fall
    Her eyes are as blue
    As the sky I recall
    Far away over the sea
    There's a place at the table for me
    Where laughter and music abound
    Just waiting there in my hometown
    The river she freezes
    When there's snow on the ground
    And the children can slide
    To the far side of town
    Far away far away me
    Hung up on a sweet memory
    I'm lost and I wish I were found
    In the arms of my darlin' hometown
    With the evening sun sittin'
    On the top of the hill
    And the mockingbird answering
    The old chapel bell
    Far away over the sea
    My heart is longing to be
    And I wish I could lay myself down
    In the arms of my darlin' hometown
  7. Morning Train

    I saw you
    All dolled up
    Singing a song in your pickup truck
    You put me on a morning train
    You put me on a morning train
    Ain't no need to explain
    You put me on a morning train
    Hey, Hey, Brother Ray
    What'd you mean by "what'd I say"
    You put me on a morning train
    You put me on a morning train
    Ain't no need to explain
    You put me on a morning train
    If it's gonna rain
    And I wish that it would
    Just go ahead and rain
    Get it over for good
    If there's really a hole in that big blue sky
    Then move it on over and let me by
    Constantinople is a mighty long word
    Got three more letters than mockingbird
    You put me on a morning train
    You put me on a morning train
    Ain't no need to explain
    You put me on a morning train
    I like you with your make-up on
    All dolled up
    Singing a song
    You put me on a morning train
    You put me on a morning train
    Ain't no need to explain
    You put me on a morning train
  8. The Moon Is Down

    The moon is down
    All over town
    The forecast is grey
    Now that she's gone away
    The stars in the skies
    Fell out of her eyes
    They shattered when they hit the ground
    And now the moon is down
    The sun will be fine
    It'll still shine all the time
    The sky will be blue
    And do what it's supposed to do
    Ya see gravity pulls
    But it can't keep you around
    It'll be one long day
    And now the moon is down
    The moon is down
    All over town
    The stars in the skies
    Fell out of her eyes
    The gravity pulls
    But it can't hold you down
    It'll be one long day
    Now the moon is down
    It'll be on long day
    Now the moon is down
  9. Clay Pigeons

    I'm goin' down to the Greyhound Station, gonna get a ticket to ride
    Gonna find that lady with two or three kids and sit down by her side
    Ride 'til the sun comes up and down around me 'bout two or three times
    Smokin' cigarettes in the last seat
    Tryin' to hide my sorrow from the people I meet
    and get along with it all
    Go down where the people say "y'all"
    Sing a song with a friend
    Change the shape that I'm in,
    And get back in the game,
    And start playin' again
    I'd like to stay but I might have to go to start over again
    Might go back down to Texas, might go to somewhere that I've never been
    And get up in the mornin' and go out at night
    and I won't have to go home
    Get used to bein' alone
    Change the words to this song
    Start singin' again
    I'm tired of runnin' 'round lookin' for answers to questions that I already know
    I could build me a castle of memories just to have somewhere to go
    Count the days and the nights that it takes to get back in the saddle again
    Feed the pigeons some clay
    Turn the night into day
    Start talkin' again, when I know what to say
    I'm goin' down to the Greyhound Station, gonna get a ticket to ride
    Gonna find that lady with two or three kids and sit down by her side
    Ride 'til the sun comes up and down around me 'bout two or three times
    Smokin' cigarettes in the last seat
    Tryin' to hide my sorrow from the people I meet
    And get along with it all
    Go down where the people say "y'all"
    Feed the pigeons some clay
    Turn the night into day
    Start talkin' again
    When I know what to say
  10. She Is My Everything

    She is my everything
    From her suntanned shoulders
    Down to the freckles
    On her wedding ring
    Here feet are so warm
    They could melt the snow
    In the early Spring
    She is my everything
    She goes everywhere from Copenhagen
    To making eggs and bacon down in Jackson Square
    I'd like to drive a Cadillac
    The color of her long black hair
    She goes everywhere
    Kisses that come all the way from China
    Kinda remind her of memories of Spain
    If I get lost you can always find her
    Standing right beside me in the rain
    Instrumental:
    She uses Eveready batteries to keep
    Her electrical appliances going steady
    She can do fourteen things at one
    And then the phone'll ring
    She is my everything
    She know everybody
    From Muhammad Ali
    To teaching Bruce Lee
    How to do karate
    She can lead a parade
    While putting on her shades
    In her Masarati
    She know everybody
    Kisses that come all the way from China
    Kinda remind her of memories of Spain
    If I get lost you can always find her
    Standing right beside me in the rain
    She is my everything
    When she wakes up in the morning
    That's when the birdies
    Start to sing
    When I hear her voice
    I'll tell you boys
    I forget everything
    She is my everything
    She is my everything
  11. I Hate It When That Happens to Me

    Well I once knew a man who was going insane
    He let love chase him right up a tree
    It took the police and a fire truck
    Just to bring him back down
    Oh, I hate it when that happens to me
    It made the front page of the paper
    The gossip tongues wagged
    Why they even showed it all on TV
    Now if he should live forever
    He won't live it down
    Oh, I hate it when that happens to me
    Dogs bites Man
    Man loses girl
    Oh what did he ever do
    Wrong in this world?
    (Instrumental)

    Dogs bites Man
    Man loses girl
    Oh, what have I every done
    Wrong in this world?
    There once was a big buzz all over town
    About a movie where the killer goes free
    Now, he's got every one's sympathy
    Oh, I hate it when that happens to me
    Yes, I hate it when that happens to me
  12. Bear Creek Blues

    Way up on Bear Creek, Watching the sun go down.
    Way up on Bear Creek, Watching the sun go down.
    Well it makes me feel like I’m on my last go ‘round.

    The water up on Bear Creek, Tastes like cherry wine.
    The water up on Bear Creek, Tastes like cherry  wine.
    One drink of that water, You stay drunk all the time.

    If you stay up on Bear Creek, You’ll get like Jesse James.
    If you stay up on Bear Creek, You’ll get like Jesse James.
    You’ll take two pistols, And you’ll rob that Bear Creek train.

    I’m going high, high, Up on some lonesome ridge.
    I’m going high, high, Up on some lonesome ridge.
    Look down on Bear Creek, Where my good gal used to live.

    Way up on Bear Creek, Watching the sun go down.
    Way up on Bear Creek, Watching the sun go down.
    Well it makes me feel like I’m on my last go ‘round.
  13. Other Side of Town (Live)

    Why do you always seem to criticize me
    Seems like everything I do just turns out wrong
    Why don’t you come on out and despise me
    So I could pack my bag and baby I’d be gone
     
    Remember when you used to call me honey
    Well ’d turn around and call you honey too
    You might think it’s a joke, but it ain’t funny
    To hurt someone who’s so in love with you
     
    A clown puts his makeup on upside down
    So he wears a smile even when he wears a frown
    You might think I’m here when you put me down
    But actually I’m on the other side of town.
     
    My body’s in this room with you just catching hell
    While my soul is drinking beer down the road a spell
    You might think I’m listening to your grocery list
    But I’m leaning on the jukebox and I’m about half ... way there
     
    A clown puts his makeup on upside down
    So he wears a smile even when he wears a frown
    You might think I’m here when you put me down
    But actually I’m on the other side of town.
     
    I’m sittin’ on a chair just behind my ear
    Playing dominoes and drinking some ice cold beer
    When you get done talking I’ll come back downstairs
    And assume the body of the person you presume who cares
     
    I’m Across the river on the other side of town
    In my mind I’m on the other side of town
  14. Safety Joe

    Well, he never got too lonely
    And he never got too sad
    But he never got too happy
    And that's what's just too bad
    He never reached much further
    Than his lonely arms would go
    He wore a seatbelt around his heart
    And they called him Safety Joe
    Chorus:
    Safety Joe
    Safety Joe
    What do you say?
    What do you know?
    If you don't loosen up the buckle
    On your heart heart and start to chuckle
    You're gonna die of boredom
    Safety Joe
    Now Joe he lived in Baltimore
    'Cause New York was too darn fast
    He sometimes went down to Washington
    Just to view our nation's past
    He never ate his vegetables
    'Cause they were just too darn chewy
    And he never climbed much higher
    Than the arch in old St. Louis
    (Repeat Chorus)
    Joe gradually grew meaner
    By not changin' his demeanor
    But he never did nothin'
    Too much for too long
    Therefore his life never got much richer
    Than the day they took that picture
    In his birthday suit on the day that he was born.
    (Repeat Chorus)
    Well, you're gonna die of boredom
    Safety Joe
    That's golden