BROKEN We don't move very much We're like an animal that's given up Don't leave water, don't leave food Shut the door if you leave the room The TV's on but we're not watching Something's burning, we're not concerned We had a life, it was barely living We had a chance and we lost our turn And we talk so much about what went wrong We both got sick of talking Walking away might be the easiest thing But I don't feel like walking The problem's in me or the problem's in you Or the problem's in something that we both do But the problem has moved in like a rude guest Its departure is overdue So let's scare the problem, let's knock it out Let's make some noise let's start to shout Put on a record, something you like And we'll start drinking until we fuck or fight Because there ain't much difference between the two And both can banish the problem we knew I watch you shower, I watch you sleep I feel your sweat as you press against me There's good reasons why we stay But we forget them every day We talk so much about what went wrong Talking's become the problem Walking away would be the smartest thing But I don't feel like walking

ALL I'VE GOT'S YOUR CD We were 15 when her mom passed out As we watched from the pool Drunk on cherry Kool-Aid and wine Then she pulled me into her living and as a single puddle formed We kissed so hard I could taste her blood and mine Then she locked the door dropped her bathing suit I dropped to my knees Every inch of her tasted just like chlorine Perhaps that's why I keep this job cleaning people's pools The smells of all these chemicals do not bother me Well I'd like to ask a question But I don't think you want to speak to me For a moment there, didn't I feel you breathing? It's hard to tell cause all I've got's your CD She walked from graduation to her car and headed north Left her cap and gown at a rest stop on the state line She showed up in a decade with the hit song of the nation Change her name, she cut her age She led the latch-key generation Her shtick was pissed and cynical and we all felt that way Integrity was her advice, kids bought all the merchandise In articles she's quoted she felt dead through out her youth She was hated and ignored Did she forget our time on the floor? I'd like to ask a question But I don't think you want to speak to me Do you separate the facts from all the bullshit? It's hard to tell cause all I've got's your CD Last night my machine was flashing with a message Some girl muttered "Ah shit" and hung up In the background were the sounds of a dinner or a truck stop So I waited for a call back Maybe I'm a sucker hung up on his brush with fame Like my uncle, he drove a tank for Patton But I swear that you once swore You loved the boy who lived next door And I think that counts for something, but I'm not really sure

LOVE, FOREVER REACHING Is this where they leave it all? Frozen by the words "we will see." He rolls a question in her hands She stares and makes a silent stand Love, forever reaching All too many words were said Words brought emptiness to bed Words always tumbling from their mouths Words of frustration, of doubt Love, forever reaching Letters sent with stamps upside down Hanging up before an answer Flowers on a work desk, dying So is this where, they leave it all? Yeah this is where they leave it all Love, forever reaching

DON'T SLEEP WITH THE SINGER I'm in love, but it's the wrong love She works next to me most every night Her high notes sound like whispers The low notes sound like moans But you can't sleep with the singer It'll kill the song Count Basie wrote the tune for her audition And I signed her up before she hit the bridge But then the whole band stumbled and blew the intro The first time she walked on You can't sleep with the singer It'll kill the song There were nine guys in the band And we all made a promise But not one hoped to keep his word too long You learn to keep your mouth shut when a steady gig's involved And for three years we've done 20 dates a month So through five duets sung nightly My fate's accepted silently You can't sleep with the singer or you'll kill Don't sleep with the singer You can't sleep with the singer or you'll kill the song

PENNSYLVANIA LAMENT It was a Pennsylvania sunset All choked with coal and gray I came home, I found my father passed away that day He put on his best suit and he put on a tie He fed the cats, he fed the dogs He hung himself and died I sat in the kitchen while the cops drank all my beer I said, Officer I barely knew the man who just died here. Mamma passed in '69 he stopped talking that same day Just sat and watched the Dumont and he let life slip away There was a fat man in the funeral home And he wore a bad toupee He said it don't matter how he died, he deserves to have his day So I went a planned a service just for me and my old man But when I finally got there, there was barely room to stand Crowds of people showed up, crowds of people spoke Crowds of people talked about that man and what he wrote They talked about his kindness, the joys he gave away I never met I finer man than I met that day They all told me He once hitched across the states Fought in World War II He played fiddle with this midget band And he had his butt tattooed he nearly died from snakebite He met my mom in the rain That's good to know but much too late Cause we won't meet again So if you hear my singing, pay attention to these words Do not let your father pass like a stranger from this earth Take the time to meet him, he is more than some old man Yeah my Dad was a king and then I got in the plan

ONE WHOLE DAY I can't see you You know it's wrong and you know why I can't call you We'd start to talk and I'd start to lie I've got someone Yeah she hates me now, she pulls away But she's someone When I need her most, you know she's always stayed Driving out of town In that August rain We parked in the fields And we stayed one whole day Went there feeling bad Came back feeling worse There's this wound in my heart And it won't close I've got someone Yeah she hates me now because I drink too much She knows something Still I fall asleep and I feel her touch So I can't see you I know it's wrong and I know why I can't call you We'd start to talk and I hate this lie

INTERMISSION SONG Intermission song Please come back after your snacks We hope the lines are not that long Intermission song Watch your coast and purses There's evil here among us and your stuff might disappear I'll be back for another 37 minutes Maybe 43, if you clap real hard Intermission song Please come back Please come back Please

CRAWLING BACK TO YOU Crawling through the wreckage of my living room Getting mad's a wasted point of view I know that you trashed the place just to try and make her leave But she'll never go crawling back to you You were flirting with the bridesmaids on your wedding day The first of many stupid things you'd do So she backed a bag, she dumped you butt She moved on in with me Now she'll never go crawling back to you She said keep the car She said keep the house She said keep the power tools And if she sees your face again She'll swing as hard as she can I'm not sleeping with her She's just staying here Until she figures out what she should do That might take a couple weeks That might take a year But screaming like some lunatic or crying like a kid I don't think it matters which you choose Long ago you had a chance but you pissed it all away Now she'll never go crawling back to you

HIDING BEHIND HEADLIGHTS Truckers lie dreaming on the side of the road Rigs lit up like Christmas trees I ain't seen a map on this ride I don't think it'd matter much to me I'm hiding behind headlights Sitting low, one hand out the window One day I'll go home My house is just one long list More to do and more to do after that There's car alarms and telephone calls Windows down and some damn stereo on But out here I stretch across my hood Watch the falling stars disappear Somewhere those stars made a splash But it was somewhere far away from here

MY BEST LIE The best lie that I every told It was the last thing I told you When I stuck out my chin and said I didn't care if you left again When you didn't come back My words fell apart It was like a cheap watch when it hits the floor But no one got to see that No one got to see that You never got to see right through my best lie I spoke without thinking, it was rude and it was simple Straight from my fears to the tip of my tongue From the moment I said it, I wish I hadn't But you can't take back what's been done The best lie that I every told, it was the last lie I told you I stuck out my chin, said I didn't care if you left again When that screen door slammed, my words fell apart It was like a cheap watch when it hits the floor That was my best lie

GONE She's the kinda girl always looks excellent Holes in jeans a Cleveland accent Pretty little teeth, a terrible dancer You can roll that top down drive a little faster Mean as a rumor, beautiful at breakfast All she is now is gone She is gone, She is gone All she is now is gone Half an hour late, not really listening She's as fragile as nitro glycerin Sweeter than Oreos, a fine little liar Melt your mouth her tongue's on fire Make a priest kick a hole in a stained glass window And all she is now is gone She is gone, she is gone All she is now is gone She's as brief as an inkling And she don't use big words But you'll watch her laugh at what you're thinking Before she's even heard She looked good on my arm and better on another's But walking away she reminds of my mother I wish I'd spent more, I wish I'd spent it sooner But she always had a knack for betting on the losers Now I'm back in the pack, way out of the money And all she is now is gone