Lion's eyes the lights of Las Vegas
If we leave tonight I know that we can make it
The sky has bled the mountains red like paintings
Where the desert ends and slips under the pavement …
Guide me angels even if you've fallen
Quiet ears cannot heed the warning
Business ladies masquerade the ballroom
Dealers and the dancers beck and call you …
But it's alright
Yeah it's alright
I don't think desire's gonna break us …
Cover all the cuts and scars in makeup
Half a bottle and my last week's paycheck
The wolves are kind they treat you like you're famous
Then rob you blind and murder 'till you cave in …
These friends of mine
All get high
And leave their lipstick on tonight in Vegas
The stakes are high
And I'll bet the sky
The devil's dealing spades tonight in Vegas …
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Little Old Me
Little old me, yeah little old me
Little old house down by the sea
Watching the tide push, then recede
And there's no place I'd rather be...
When the sun turns off the lights
And that moon begins to rise
I throw some logs onto the fire
Make some whisky, drink some wine -- ooh ooh
In my pocket's a little change
And my closet's bare and plain
I don't need what I haven't got
I can't be something I'm not
The neighbors say there'll be a fire
Might just start from all the wires
I ask them how they are so certain
They said just peek behind the curtain …
Oh heaven help me
My mind goes crazy
Every time I got some feeling
1000 miles
Stare at the ceiling now
The looks you're giving me
Illusion's charity / failing me
Don't know why, my voodoo's waiting
A .45 still ain't saving me…
I heard Jenny's got some stuff
It's alright man she's blood
When you ain't got much, you got love
And when that runs out we got the hard drugs
Keep a shotgun by the bed
In case some stranger wants my bread
May shoot him once but never twice
Gotta save bullets man, money's tight…
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Saved
Hey hold my reins
It takes a long time to be saved
Hey all my rage
It takes a long time to be saved
Oh, hey all it takes
Is for the wrong line be erased
Hey it's ok
It'll be a long night, it's ok …
Hey, anyway
There's a gold mine to be made
Hey are you brave ?
It waits in salt mines with no trace
Hey all it takes
Is for this wrong lie to be changed
Hey where's your faith?
Takes a long time to be saved …..
Hey hold my reins
It takes a long time to be saved
Hey hold my reins
It takes a long time, it's ok …
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Stinging Nettles (Carry Me)
Back when stinging nettles grew on thorny vines
Had to be careful but never was scared, it was alright
Snuck through gated gardens
Must have walked for miles
Making our way thru the redwoods safely at night…
Rose Marie waterskiied every July
Dirty clothes, UFO's & carnival hayrides…
Loved that neighbor's daughter
Spun that bottle twice
Dinnertime was far away and she was all mine…
In the warm, bare in the breeze
Shivers down my spine
Had to find the reason
Before I asked why …
Carry Me …
…oh my love you might be the one …
Now we're off to college
Future's looking bright
Our bodies are changing
And the chemistry pages memorized…
Ate some purple blotter
Kissed my world goodbye
All I remember were the heavens there open wide…
Bittersweet rhapsody
We were in our prime
Where'd it go ?
Bombs below
And we'll make it just fine…
Tried to grip the feeling
Gone by morning light
I tried to hold on and put in a song I tried…
And the ghosts taking the wheel
Shivers down my spine
Was I too shaken ?
Needles tonight…
If you leave me now
No-one sever the ties
If you feel somehow
Like you're trying to go back in time
Oh if you need someone
Yeah if you need someone, oh
I might be the one …
Now it's business meetings
Stuck on the 405
Mortgages, taxes, picket fences all white
Building paper models
One day learn to fly
Where can I go to buy myself some more time ?
I'm asking please
Look at me
I gave it all I tried
But I've been told
There's a pot of gold
Way up there in the sky…
Where's that neighbor's daughter?
Was she made a bride ?
Who is her lover, and do they love each other tonight ?
And I won't tear from the wheel
Shivers down my spine
Everything's aching and I'm so tired
Carry Me …
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Gorgeous
I was working at Daisy's Diner
For a summer, or maybe two
We had a jukebox
Played all the oldies
And all the regulars
Read the news …
She came bustling in like horses
Her right shoulder in a sling
She had no money, smelled like candy
Her eyes were bloodshot, it was love.
"Hello mister, can you help me out ?
My car's broken down, yeah it's true."
We were speechless
By this creature
No-one made a sound, or a move…
I know you're gorgeous
To me gorgeous
A sea of orchids I know…
I stand beside you
Came to find you
Never want to let you go…I know
She was classic
Like Audrey Hepburn
Hair like Marilyn's
Between the sheets
Her lips like fountains
Of scarlet secrets
And other mysteries would be revealed…
We took road trips to Colorado
The Grand Canyon was just a hole
We got lost in the desert dive bars
Hopped on railway trains
Just for fun…
Can we hold on
To this here moment ?
Maybe slow it down
Me and you
There were wild streaks
And some accidents
We were going somewhere – forevermore…
CHORUS
Oh now
There ain't no reason for this
Slow down
Let me down easy baby
Oh now, oh now …
Outro Chorus
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Table 8
Table 8 standing at the gates
Unafraid I've been right before
In our minds the kingdoms we created
Settle down the bellman's at the door…
Table 8 sharpening the blade
I can't see anything anymore
Your autumn eyes have lost their leaves again
And it starts to be a switch and the girl…
Table 8 the fire and the flames
Higher we escape
Soon begin to soar
I keep pushing stronger than the waves
But caught in the hurricane
Miles from the shore…
Table 8 the earth begin to shake
And the sky crashes to the floor
Am I awake, lover I've betrayed ?
And I'm not so taken by the girl…
Table 8 I swear the laws are made
Unprepared for a light of gold
But a part of me stays
Where everything remains
When all the lights they fade
I hope it's not too late
Perfectly in place
Perfectly in place, in place …
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Guilty
Pleasures
Let's put our
lips together
Let go of all
the pressure
I'll show you
buried treasure
And golden
charms and feathers
Let's put our
hips together
A
once-forbidden pleasure
Ascending to
the heavens
On seven wings
of magic
With chocolate,
lace & leather
We'll break out
of our tethers
And find our
solar plexus
In holy
architecture
Your curfew's
at 11
Our kiss
created tremors
Don't call the
paramedics
Our bodies
intersected
Was lost before
I met her
And wandered
left of center
Pulled all the
silver levers
And looked
around for answers
We've taken
desperate measures
A night that
we'll remember
We know our
lover's sentence
The still-water
reflected…
Let's put our
lips together
And lay down
all our weapons
Enjoy these
guilty pleasures
Through all the
stormy weather …