Lost Dogs + Mixed Blessings
  1. New Train

    Full blown silence in an empty room
    A former bride and a former groom
    A folding table and a folding chair
    A folded hand of poker there
    All new directions must go everywhere
    Big round people in a cool little square
    You can't cut it with a boat or a plane
    Man it's gonna take a new train
    You'll be leaving on a new train
    Far away from this world of pain
    And when you look out your window you'll see
    Your home your baby and your family
    No melted ice cube in a paper cup
    Hell you'll be happy you'll be all shook up
    The friends that greet you will be
    Simple and plain
    When you step down from that new train
    Collected volumes of history say
    Man makes mistakes most everyday
    The half a pound of chopped ground round
    Is still a burger when it goes downtown
    No faded photographs of yesterdays
    Are in the books that I read these days
    To fly away from that memory town
    You must keep both your feet on the ground
    Cause you'll be leaving on a new train
    Far away from this world of pain
    And when you look out your window you'll see
    Your home your baby and your family
    No melted ice cube in a paper cup
    Hell you'll be happy you'll be all shook up
    The friends that greet you will be
    Simple and plain
    When you step down from that new train
    I'll be leaving on a new train
    Far away from this world of pain
    The friends that greet me will be
    Simple and plain
    When I step down from that new train
    New train, new train.
  2. Ain't Hurtin' Nobody

    I'm a walkin' down the street like Lucky Larue
    Got my hand in my pocket I'm thinkin' 'bout you
    I ain't hurtin' nobody
    I ain't hurtin' no one
    There's three hundred men in the state of Tennessee
    They're waiting to die, they won't never be free
    I ain't hurtin' nobody
    I ain't hurtin' no one
    Six million seven hundred thousand and thirty-three lights on
    You think someone could take the time to sit down
    And listen to the words of my song
    At the beach in Indiana I was nine years old
    Heard Little Richard singing "Tutti Frutti"
    From the top of a telephone pole
    I wasn't hurtin' nobody
    I wasn't hurtin' no one
    There's roosters laying chickens and chickens layin' eggs
    Farm machinery eating people's arms and legs
    I wasn't hurtin' nobody
    I wasn't hurtin' no one
    Perfectly crafted popular hit songs never use the wrong rhyme
    You'd think that waitress could get my order
    Right the first time
    She's sitting on the back steps just shucking that corn
    That gal's been grinning since the day she was born
    She ain't hurtin' nobody
    She ain't hurtin' no one
    I used to live in Chicago where the cold wind blows
    I delivered more junk mail than the junkyard would hold
    I wasn't hurtin' nobody
    I wasn't hurtin' no one
    You can fool some of the people part of the time
    In a rock and roll song
    Fifty million Elvis Presley fans
    Can't be all wrong
  3. All the Way With You

    Love gives
    Love takes
    It takes a lot of lucky breaks
    Lucky strikes
    Lucky stars
    I don't know how I got this far
    Who knows where it's coming from
    Or where it's going to
    Can I go all the way with you?
    You have your way
    You have your doubts
    The falling in
    The falling out
    A bridge is built
    A bridge is burned
    Till you reach the point of no return
    Don't know where we're coming from
    Or where we're going to
    Can I go all the way with you?
    Heaven knows that this ain't nothing new
    God knows how much I love you
    Love comes
    Love goes
    Can I go all the way with you?
    Can I go all the way with you?
  4. We Are the Lonely

    Down the hall upstairs from me
    There's a girl I swear I never see
    I hear the ringing of her phone
    She must live up there all alone
    She hangs her clothes out on the line
    They're hanging there right next to mine
    And if the wind should blow just right
    She could be in my arms tonight
    We are the lonely all together
    All together we're all alone
    We are the lonely all together
    All together we're all alone
    The cashier at the pump & pay
    Knows everything's gonna be okay
    The all night all right rent-a-cop
    Is across the street at the donut shop
    The waitress waits with whiskey sour
    At the single mingle happy hour
    The one man band begins to sing
    Accompanied by a drum machine
    We are the lonely all together
    All together we're all alone
    We are the lonely all together
    All together we're all alone
    White divorced swinging male
    Seeks company to no avail
    Worthless ruthless toothless man
    Wants wealthy woman with a plan
    SWF with a PhD
    Seeks TLC at the A&P
    GWM nice and trim
    Seeks s-e-x at the g-y-m
    Ugly man treats girls like dirt
    Wants buttons sewn upon his shirt
    DUI at the b-a-r
    Seeks m-a-n with c-a-r
    We are the lonely all together
    All together we're all alone
    We are the lonely all together
    All together we're all alone
    We are the lonely all together
    All together we're all alone
    We are the lonely all together
    All together we're all alone
    Toothy gal with breasts so large
    Takes Visa Amex Master Charge
    Dial 1-900 girls for fun
    You lonely little hot dog bun
  5. Lake Marie

    Chorus:
    We were standing 
    Standing by peaceful waters 
    Standing by peaceful waters
    Whoa Wah Oh Wha Oh
    Whoa Wah Oh Wha Oh
    Many years ago along the Illinois-Wisconsin Border
    There was this Indian tribe
    They found two babies in the woods
    White babies
    One of them was named Elizabeth
    She was the fairer of the two
    While the smaller and more fragile one was named Marie
    Having never seen white girls before
    And living on the two lakes known as the Twin Lakes
    They named the larger and more beautiful Lake, Lake Elizabeth
    And thus the smaller lake that was hidden from the highway
    Became known forever as Lake Marie
    (Repeat Chorus)
    Many years later I found myself talking to this girl
    Who was standing there with her back turned to Lake Marie
    The wind was blowing especially through her hair
    There was four Italian sausages cooking on the outdoor grill
    And Man, they was ssssssssizzlin'
    Many years later we found ourselves in Canada
    Trying to save our marriage and perhaps catch a few fish
    Whatever seemed easier
    That night she fell asleep in my arms
    Humming the tune to 'Louie Louie'
    Aah baby, We gotta go now.
    (Repeat Chorus)
    The dogs were barking as the cars were parking
    The loan sharks were sharking the narcs were narcing
    Practically everyone was there
    In the parking lot by the forest preserve
    The police had found two bodies
    Nay, naked bodies
    Their faces had been horribly disfigured by some sharp object
    Saw it on the news 
    On the TV news 
    In a black and white video
    You know what blood looks like in a black and white video?
    Shadows, Shadows that's exactly what it looks like
    All the love we shared between her and me was slammed
    Slammed up against the banks of Old Lake Marie, Marie

    We were standing 
    Standing by peaceful waters
    Standing by peaceful waters
    Whoa Wah Oh Wha Oh
    Whoa Wah Oh Wha Oh
    Whoa Wah Oh Wha Oh
    Whoa Wah Oh Wha Oh
    Standing by peaceful waters  
    Peaceful waters 
    Standing by peaceful waters 
    Peaceful waters
    Standing by peaceful waters
    Peaceful waters
    Standing by peaceful waters 
    Peaceful waters
    Ahh baby, we gotta go now
  6. Humidity Built the Snowman

    Does he still think about her
    Why there was never really any doubt
    Every time he lights a candle
    Or blows a candle out
    The scientific nature of the ordinary man
    Is to go on out and do the best you can
    I don't think that you know
    That I think you don't know
    That old barometer goes crazy baby
    Every time it starts to snow
    You won't find me walking
    Round your part of town
    Humidity built the snowman
    Sunshine brought him down
    This world is full of people
    They never seem to fall
    Somebody said they seen you
    You hadn't changed at all
    The fundamental story
    Of the contemporary man
    Is to walk away and someday understand
    I don't think that you know
    That I think you don't know
    That old barometer goes crazy baby
    Every time it starts to snow
    You won't find me walking
    Round your part of town
    Humidity built the snowman
    Sunshine brought him down
    The scientific nature of the ordinary man
    Is to go on out and do the best you can
    I don't think that you know
    That I think you don't know
    That old barometer goes crazy baby
    Every time it starts to snow
    You won't find me walking
    Round your part of town
    Humidity built the snowman
    Sunshine brought him down
    Humidity built the snowman
    Sunshine brought him down
    Brought him down
  7. Day Is Done

    Do you like me?
    Well I hope you do
    Cause if you like me
    Then I think I'm gonna to have to like you too
    We'll share our things
    And have some fun
    Then we'll say goodbye
    And go back home when the day is done
    If you tell me
    I'll tell you too
    And we'll say the things
    And do the things that lovers do
    We'll keep it to ourselves
    We won't hurt no one
    Then we'll say goodbye
    And go back home when the day is done
    We'll carve our names
    On a tree
    Then we'll burn it down
    So no one in the world will see
    And we'll make love
    While we watch the flame
    Then we'll walk away
    As if we never had no shame
    Now we must hide
    To be alone
    And we can't say
    Our sweet things on the telephone
    If we can't stop
    What we've begun
    We should say goodbye
    And go back home when the day is done
    Do you still like me?
    Well I hope you do
    Cause if you still like me
    Then I think I'm gonna have to still like you
    We shared our things
    And had some fun
    Now we'll say goodbye
    And go back home when the day is done
    Yeah, we'll say goodbye
    And go back home while
    We still have one
    Let's say goodbye and go back home
    Now the day is done
  8. Quit Hollerin' At Me

    I don't want your big French Fry
    I don't want your car
    I don't want to buy no soap
    From no washed-up movie star
    You are so much louder
    Than the show I wanna hear
    With your sugarless gum
    Gee, but I'm dumb
    Non-alcoholic beer
    It's enough to make a grown man
    Blow up his own TV
    Quit hollerin' at me
    Quit hollerin' at me
    I heard you the first time
    I heard myself say
    Seems like the little woman
    Is getting bigger every day
    You don't have to tell the neighbors
    A little silence ain't no sin
    They already think my name is
    Where in the hell you been?
    Louder, louder, louder, louder, louder
    Constantly
    Quit hollerin' at me
    Quit hollerin' at me
    Whoa oh whoa oh
    Sweet Serenity
    Whoa oh whoa oh
    Quit hollerin' at me
    Quit hollerin' at me
    Ain't it great at the end of the day
    When there ain't no sound around
    Just me and the fence post
    Staring each other down
    Nothing but a big bunch of nothing
    Driving me insane
    Cause there ain't no voice that's louder
    Than the one inside my brain
    Hey you go on
    Go on and let me be
    Quit hollerin' at me
    Quit hollerin' at me
    Whoa oh whoa oh
    Sweet Serenity
    Whoa oh whoa oh
    Quit hollerin' at me
    Quit hollerin' at me
    Quit hollerin' at me
    Quit hollerin' at me
    Quit hollerin' at me
  9. Big Fat Love

    It started out when she was small
    She was premature
    She wasn't nothing at all
    Two pounds six ounces
    A little pumpkin seed
    But she got more love
    Than you ever gonna need
    She got big fat love
    She got big fat love
    She don't eat enough
    To keep her alive
    When she bends over
    She's a quarter to five
    Skinny little thing
    But she ain't afraid
    To dance the Watusi
    On a razorblade
    She got big fat love
    She got big fat love
    Tiny little hands
    Tiny little nose
    Tiny little footsteps
    Wherever she goes
    Little bit don't leave
    No bathtub ring
    You pull the plug
    She's down the drain
    She got big fat love
    She got big fat love
    She got big fat love
    Bigger than me
    Bigger than you
    Bigger than the hippo
    Down at the zoo
    Thin is in
    Stout is out
    Big fat love
    Is what I'm talking about
    She got big fat love (x4)
  10. Same Thing Happened to Me

    Moonlight shining on the back of my hand
    Cat fight rattlin' the garbage can
    Looks like somethin' chased you up a tree
    Same thing, same thing happened to me
    Wild wind blowing down the neck of my shirt
    Old men sitting on a bench in the dirt
    Seems that another ship has gone out to sea
    Same thing, same thing happened to me
    Shoe shine someone's got to tell ya the news
    A fine line separates a boy from the blues
    Looks like you could use some company
    Same thing, same thing happened to me
    Runnin', runnin' just as fast as I can
    Someone, someone take a hold of my hand
    Looks like somethin' chased you up a tree
    Same thing, same thing happened to me
    Same thing, same thing happened to me.
  11. This Love Is Real

    I can taste your lipstick in the wine
    I can feel your heartbeat close to mine
    With your love wrapped around me
    I'm silent and still
    I know that this love is real
    I have tasted other lips I thought were true
    I have looked into the eyes I thought were you
    Now touching just to touch
    And feeling just to feel
    I know that this love is real
    Someone should tell our dreams when love is gone
    While still in slumber memories linger one
    Sometimes I lie awake in bed till dawn
    Thinking of you
    Now you're gone
    Tender is the heart that sleeps in rest
    Tender is the hope of tenderness
    Love thy neighbor as thyself
    And thou shall not steal
    I know that this love is real
    Love thy neighbor as thyself
    And thou shall not steal
    I know that this love is real.
  12. Leave the Lights On

    Feeling kind of bony
    On the telephoney
    Talking to Marconi
    Eating Rice-a-Roni
    Nominated for a Tony
    For acting like a phoney
    Watching Twilight Zoney
    On my forty-two inch Sony
    This is just a long song
    It ain't no poem
    Leave the lights on till your baby gets home
    It's like sitting in the kitchen
    When the music's really bitchin'
    Your nose it starts to itchin'
    As you count your old age pension
    Did I forget to mention
    The ride that I was hitchin'
    To the Aluminum convention
    I had such good intention
    Keep your cotton pickin' fingers off
    My song poem
    And leave the lights on till your baby gets home
    Leave the lights on till your baby gets home
    Leave the lights on till your baby gets home
    Don't forget your toothbrush
    Your hairbrush and your comb
    Leave the lights on till your baby gets home
    Got a big ol' dog
    A chrome crowbar
    I keep that mother humper in the back seat of my car
    Me and Billy Shakespeare
    Stepped out to get a root beer
    We sat together so near
    People thought we were queer
    Punctuated by the big scare
    We joined the Air Force right there
    To defend our country first class
    Who couldn't give a rat's ass
    Don't you tell me that the White House is my home
    Leave the lights on till your baby gets home
    Leave the lights on till your baby gets home
    Leave the lights on till your baby gets home
    Don't forget your toothbrush
    Your hairbrush and your comb
    Leave the lights on till your baby gets home
    Got a big ol' dog
    A big iron bar
    I keep that mother humper in the back seat of my car
    It's like kissing Greta Garbo with a mouth full of marbles
    Like trying to cash a paycheck in the middle of a train wreck
    Leave the lights on
    Leave the lights on
    Like trying to get aroundo in a car made of bondo
    Like speaking German lingo to a dog named Dingo - Plotz!!
    Leave the lights on
    Leave the lights on
    Like a French fried quesadilla
    In a franchised pizzeria
    Leave the lights on
    Leave the lights on
    A big iron bar
    I keep that mother humper in the back seat of my car.
  13. He Forgot That It Was Sunday

    The motel lights were blinkin'
    On my chartreuse four door Lincoln
    On the dock the fish were stinkin'
    I simply didn't have a care
    And the old men sit 'round the cracker barrels
    The children hum their Christmas carols
    The train tracks all run parallel
    But they'll all meet up one day
    On a dusty pew in a vestibule
    Sits the Devil playing pocket pool
    He's waiting for the next poor fool
    Who forgot that it was Sunday
    We used to tell each other lies
    With our orange plastic button eyes
    In a former life on a motel chair
    I was Charlie Parker's teddy bear
    Yeah, me and Bird we'd stay up late
    I used to watch him contemplate
    While his horn would sit by the window and
    Wait till it was time for him to blow it
    On a dusty pew in a vestibule
    Sits the Devil playing pocket pool
    He's waiting for the next poor fool
    Who forgot that it was Sunday
    The only song I ever knew
    Was "Moonlight Bay on the Avenue"
    These are the tales from the Devil's chin
    Charlie I could've been a contender
    And the old men sit round the cracker barrels
    The children hum their Christmas carols
    The train tracks all run parallel
    But they'll all meet up one day
    On a dusty pew in a vestibule
    Sits the Devil playing pocket pool
    He's waiting for the next poor fool
    Who forgot that it was Sunday
    Who forgot that it was Sunday.
  14. I Love You So Much It Hurts

    I love you so much it hurts me
    Darlin' that's why I'm so blue
    I'm so afraid to go to bed at night
    Afraid of losing you
    I love you so much it hurts me
    And there's nothing I can do
    I want to hold you my dear
    Forever and ever
    I love you so much it hurts me so
    I love you so much it hurts me
    And there's nothing I can do
    I want to hold you my dear
    Forever and ever
    I want to hold you my dear
    Forever and ever
    I love you so much it hurts me so