When you're at a party, drunk and lonely Do you ever think of me? In the mirror, ever clearer You ain't where you want to be Do you know me? Do you want me? Does it keep you up at night? Or am I talking to myself again? That same old self again However protean One day, ubermensch The next day, nowhere man One day rule the world Spin it around again And then I turn and disappear into the ground And I'm back again to wonder, does it matter If I take you home with me? Am I feeling or only feeling That I saw this on TV? If you know me, if you want me, if it keeps you up at night, Is it chemical or miracle? One day say goodbye to all that's pure and true And then it's back again and sweet as honey stolen from the tomb Don't know much about the future I got fuzzy recollections of the past All I know is baby, when I see you It's immediate It's immediate It's immediate It's immediate

Summer is here, and summer is a good thing But summer's got a lot to answer for Summer's got sweat, and summer tips a cold one Summer's got legs from here to ya-ya Long way to go 'til summer's gone And if you buy summer clothes Watch out where your money goes They will leave you in the cold come September And if you buy summer clothes Watch out where your money goes Summer's sweet, summer's cold, summer's bitter And if you make summer friends They will leave you in the end And you'll be alone again come September

How long can this one last? Got bad news from the past Feels like it's lasted all my life Little black heart on my sleeve Little black heart always beats Little black heart's gonna make somebody bleed Sometimes two's a crowd, but baby, sometimes one's a crowd Part of me will never be alone Could've been a better man, we'll never know for sure But my little black heart is yours Pretty girl, better take it slow Pretty girl, it's worse than you know Pretty girl better hold on to your pride Remember one who met your eye? Must've been another guy Door is closed, window dark, won't get no reply Put him on a carton and expect a slim reward Lost and never to return Gotta see you're stuck with me, it's less than you deserve Cause my little black heart is yours What's mine is yours And all that's yours is mine Take a little love and then Little black heart strikes again When you're lying in your sleep It's the company I keep When I try to shut it down Little black heart starts to pound Kid, you got starry eyes I got a little black heart and a backwards mind I got a little black heart and a backwards mind Got a little black heart and a backwards mind Talk about resistance as if I don't know the score Lacking something in the blood And all this time I've tried and tried and never found a cure So my little black heart is yours

Above the barn loft In stacks of unwashed hay Stands the ghost of the woman who taught us how to play Above the barn loft In stacks of unwashed hay There stands the ghost of our mother Out in the woodland A voice without a sound Most have passed but something hangs around Out in the woodland Footsteps on the ground Who waits behind in the forest? Black water churning The wheel keeps turning But the miller's been gone for years Full moon is rising With cloud disguising Appears and disappears Seasons pass All the world has changed And only the ghosts remain And now we sing the refrain, sing the refrain

Ah, I gotta make a decision I got no lack of ambition But what's it lacking from me? Ah, where's the money going? I didn't want to get rich But son of a bitch I think somebody's getting rich off me Hewers of stone, and drawers of water Think I got an aptitude Will I forever be bound in the direction that I choose Better get up Career opportunities Better get up I'm talkin' 'bout career opportunities Ah, the human cannonball Sweating in the barrel while I'm waiting for the match to fall Some kind of mistake--is this the wrong day? Maybe nobody was ever holding any match at all Ah, I wasn't born to lose That's why the whole situation's got me so confused The going gets tough, they say the tough get going The rest of us get screwed I'm in the aisle of the all-night grocery So fuckin' hungry I've forgotten what I want to eat Then I remember again, but I'm back in the street Better get up Career opportunities Better get up I'm talkin' 'bout career opportunities Ma, I think the other kids know something I don't It's like they don't ever wonder when they're all alone And I thought I knew too, but that was some time ago Better get up Career opportunities Better get up I'm talkin' 'bout career opportunities

Last thing I meant to do Make that mistake again Carry her round in my pocket like a charm Put away that picture Holding on won't make her stay Oh, it only takes a part of you away But still I find I got a one-track mind And I just can’t seem to shake her Neither hide her nor replace her I don't wanna think about that girl I don't wanna think about that girl I don't wanna I put my feet on the ground Put some food in my mouth July, I step outside for a while I refuse to spend the day In a sentimental way And I tell my stupid heart to obey But still I find I got a one-track mind And when I'm home and on my own again I board up all the doors again I forget all the world again To wait alone for an long lost friend I don't wanna think about that girl I don't wanna think about that girl I don't wanna

Lord, I've been a fool again Shut my mouth and lost another friend Who's it making smile to see me on my back again? Make mine a double, in her arms I'll stumble home Dreaming cross-eyed of the crowd I used to know I change my mind Then change my mind No promises, this happens all the time And I try, try, try to pick up speed It's familiar It don't matter what I do Tactics but no strategy Needle skipping back on me Oh, I know I've heard this one before I change my mind Then change my mind No promises, this happens all the time And I try, try, try to pick up speed But every mile I'm on my back again

Watch her carefully, coiled up inside Live-wired through the heart, big band in my mind Could I get some quiet time? A little quiet time? Ridiculous, I can't deny, I know the stakes are not so high But I shake like a leaf and I foam at the mouth like a tide What kind of fool am I? Don't I know it's dangerous? And I could be wrong But I've already lived so long Written down, I don't believe it I'm afraid I'll have to scream it I'm afraid, but here I go Tell no one - I don't want to be young Spare me the argument - I'm tired of making it Tell no one - I don't want to be young Spare me the argument - I'm tired, I'm tired What's become of me? Just uncertainty I'd have grown up by now If I could just remember what it was I wanted to be Could I get some clarity? A little clarity? And a little job security - I'd do what comes most naturally But these days it's hard to pay your way With your gold from Final Fantasy And as far as guitar My boys Bruce and Steve already got three guys on lead How many more could they need? All these years of cautious living So why am I still lying here on good Nate's couch Trying to get some sleep With these words I'm afraid to speak Tell no one - I don't want to be young Spare me the argument - I'm tired of making it Tell no one - I don't want to be young Spare me the argument - I'm tired, I'm tired What do they know that I don't know? A steady life, a loving wife A comfortable home What do they see that I don't see? All the places I could go And the place I want to be The best years of your life At least that's what people say But fuck it all - bombs away Tell no one - I don't want to be young Spare me the argument - I'm tired of making it Tell no one - I don't want to be young Spare me the argument - I'm tired, I'm tired I'm tired

Don's cleaning out my pipes They rusted and they busted and they gonna get right He's been doing this for so many years Ain't a goddamn thing that can escape his ears Don's cleaning out my pipes They rusted and they busted and they gonna get right Set your support, squeeze like a glove Don't let go, give 'em death from above Every day, I'm getting better, stronger, faster I am the servant I am the master Only one thing that I gotta get through me I love you truly I love you truly Give me some water, give me some power I'm walking taller in another half hour A simple secret that I'm bringing back to me I love you truly I love you truly Walt's cleaning out my mind You'd be amazed at the shit he finds Something that's been bothering me for twenty-five years Ain't a goddamn thing that can escape his ears I'm cleaning out my pipes They rusted and they busted and they gonna get right Set your support, squeeze like a glove Don't let go, give 'em death from above

Here in Babylon In the building, in the basement, on the corner A disco rhythm beats, while a bassline shakes the street And strawmen dance in the fire I can't stop Whoever heard of me stopping? Some crazy fool I can't stop It ain't that kind of party I can't stop See, every living creature is deserving of our love I can't stop We're gonna bring it to you Cause there ain't no love in the world that's free And the soul of a woman is a mystery But if the stars align and the time is right We're gonna find me a woman tonight Here in Babylon There is something in the water Underneath your feet, beneath the pounding of the street In one part per million I can't stop This is no time to stop I can't stop By my ever-thinning hair, I will dare if you will dare I can't stop I'll rappel down from my window with my heart between my teeth I can't stop To employ all my means of contending in the street Cause there ain't no love in the world that's free And the soul of a woman is a mystery But if the stars align and the time is right We're gonna find me a woman tonight The world is a great big 45 If it keeps on spinning, then you're still alive But if you're looking for a reason to dance and shout There'll be no more dancing when the grooves run out

3 a.m. Snow is falling It's pretty, and it's bleak, and it's Pretty bleak Yes I mean no I mean It's hard to say Think of a better plan tomorrow Somewhere in time, every friend I've ever had Tips back a glass even still Though we've gone our separate ways There is something gold that stays And it leads me back to you Everywhere I look it's you 'Cause you Made me forget what it's like to be lonely Made me forget a little while I don't know if I can hold onto this feeling All I know is you make me want to try Somewhere in time, every friend I've ever had Tips back a glass even still And I will follow distant lights up the Hudson Valley line Passing one, two, thirty towns to get to you Everywhere I look it's you 'Cause you Made me forget what it's like to be lonely Made me forget a little while I don't know if I can hold onto this feeling All I know is you make me want to try