Back Together Again
Words and Music: Emily Saliers

Leaving ain't fair y'know parting ain't just
But people move on people got to do what they must
And we're back together again
And I'm never gonna lose you as a friend

Growing up green, growing up wild
If you want to know the secret behind the smile you gotta ask a Tuesday's child
And we're back together again
And I'm never gonna lose you as a friend

Well I guess that highway got a hold of me
Thinking crazy thoughts as if it was going to set me free

This ain't my place you know this ain't my home
And I'm not gonna feel right till you get us back behind the microphones
And we're back together again
And I'm never gonna lose you as a friend
And I'm never gonna lose you as a friend
No I'm never gonna lose you as a friend

The Ballad of Squeaky Fromme
Words and Music: Amy Ray

I'm scared as hell 'cause Squeaky's out of jail
But I can feel her close behind me like the devil on my heels
Well they say she's headin' to California, or maybe for D.C.
Well I'm sittin' here in Georgia, arguin' with my family

Contras called a truce but they broke it in an hour
And now someone's sittin' in a Tower of Babel and it's givin' them that power
Well let's stop the war in Bethlehem oh to let sweet Jesus pass
But tell me how much does it really mean if they screw hime over behind his back

I can feel her closing in and I hope she understands
That society and me that we aren't necessarily hand in hand
She's broken all her bonds, got no superficial cause
She gave up all the chances to live inside the law

And I said, Squeaky, peace on earth, can you tell me what it's worth?
From the inside out I let you in, cause you might understand
And Squeaky, I said, peace on earth, can you tell me what it's worth?
From the inside out I let you in, cause you might understand
And Squeaky, in your mixed up mind you may not be so blind
Oh Squeaky, I said, peace on earth, can you tell us what it's worth?
From the inside out I'll let you in oh cause you might understand

And God is in my heart but the devil's in our bones

Oh Squeaky oh you are not alone
Oh you are not alone

I said peace on earth
Give me peace on earth
Give me peace on earth
Give me peace on earth
Peace on earth
Give me peace on earth
Give me peace on earth
Give me peace on earth

I said, Squeaky, give me peace on earth, can you tell us what it's worth?
Now from the inside out I could, I could let you in, cause I know that you might understand
You see that God is in my heart oh but the devil's in our, the devil's in our bones
Oh you are not alone

Heartache Central Time
Written by Haynes Brooke and David Devries

Thought you were one who wouldn't run
Who wouldn't do me wrong
But the song that you were singing
Was the same old heartache song
You treat me fine and you wine and dine
And I believed you when you said,
"I love you, babe," but your only aim
Was to get me in your bed

No, I don't even like you no more
But I can't get you off of my mind
Baby, you got me livin' in
Heartache central time
Heartache central, heartache central, heartache central time

Any time's a hurtin' time with a hurtin' heart like mine
God knows I'd get over you if only I could find
A way to get my hurtin' heart off heartache central time

Remember last September when you looked into my eyes
I should have known the love you'd shown
Was nothing more than lies
I fell for you and I know it's true
That I should have stopped myself
But my lonely heart was too alone to hurt all by itself

And I don't even like you no more
But I can't get you off of my mind
Baby, you got me livin' in
Heartache central time
Heartache central, heartache central, heartache central time

Any time's a hurtin' time with a hurtin' heart like mine
God knows I'd get over you if only I could find
A way to get this hurtin' heart off heartache central time

Life's So Strange
Words and Music: Emily Saliers

Cold black coffee, incessant stream of cars
Cigarette ash lies sprinkled like a fist full of grey stars
Yesterday it rained silver rainbows on the ground
Today the rain's just water it won't stop from falling down

I grow weary waiting for my muse
But in between the time she comes
I still have to tie my shoes
And get on with my day
There are mornings when I'm with Icarus
And there are days I have to take the bus

Life's so rich
Life's so empty

Secret rendezvous long distance from a phone booth
Like two players in a mystery straight out of our youth
Well I'm finding that dramatics have lost their old appeal
I play the part of stoic lover but I'm not sure how I feel

I get discouraged waiting for the world
To understand this love affair
To understand the girl
There are moments when Amelia's right beside me
Next thing I know I taste the salt of the sea

Life's so rich
Life's so empty

Cold black coffee, incessant stream of cars
Cigarette ash lies sprinkled like a fist full of grey stars
Yesterday it rained silver rainbows on the ground
Today the rain's just water it won't stop from falling down

I grow weary, I'm waiting for the world
To understand this love affair
To understand the girl
There are moments when Amelia's right beside me
Next thing I know I taste the salt of the sea

Life's so rich
Life's so empty
Life's so strange
Oh oh

No Way To Treat A Friend
Words and Music: Amy Ray

All Along the Watchtower
Words and Music: Bob Dylan
(Note: as performed by Amy Ray on the video Live at the Uptown Lounge)

There must be some kinda way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
I want to tell you now
You know there's just too much confusion
And I can't no I can't get no relief
All these businessmen they all drink our wine
And the plowman well he dig my earth
And you know that none fo them along the line
Can show me what any of this is worth
You know we wanted to see it now didn't we didn't we

There ain't no reason to get excited
The thief you know he kindly spoke
Well now there are those among us right here right now
Who still see life as some kind of a joke
But you and I we have been through that
I tel yu that this this is not our fate no no no
Now let us all not talk falsely now
You know the hour it's getting late

I said all along the watchtower
The princes they kept the view
While the women the women
They came and then they went
And barefoot servants too
That's me that's you
But outside there's a cold distance
Listen for the wildcats here them growl
Two riders were approaching
As the wind began to howl
I said now shelter me

Oh there are those among us right here right now
Who still see life as some kind of a joke
All along the watchtower
I said all along this watchtower
Those of you who still have eyes to see
Ears hear me
You will be saved by grace in the end
Saved by time if you don't understand
That your hatred is rooted in your fear
And your paranoia and insecurities
Well they don't belong here
You got to take someone's hand
You got to learn to make a stand
And it's one two three four
Look at the sky you can open the door
And take my hand take my hand
Take my hand
Ah you don't want to touch
Don't you want to feel
Don't you know that this is real
I said shelter me
Shelter me shelter me
Shelter me
And save yourself save yourself
Save your save your save your save your
Save your save your save your save your
Save your
Save
And you
You
And you are a part of the world
You you are a part of the world
You gotta learn to touch to feel
And know that you are real
I said learn learn
You are a part of the world

Problem Child
Words and Music: Amy Ray
Note: this song was reincarnated as Go

I am a problem child
I've been wild all my days
All my anger and my rage
My senses said that would lead me astray
I said, go, go, go

Raise your hands, raise your hands high
I don't take a seat, I don't stand aside
This time I don't assume anything

Five generations running fast
These things will not pass
This debtor's blood runs in my veins
I can't change anything
I said, no, no, no

Raise your hands, raise your hands high
Don't take a seat, don't stand aside
This time I don't assume anything
I said this time
Don't assume anything
Just go, go, go

So you learned to cry
But you don't know why
So you learned to laugh
But what are we laughing at

I am a problem child
I've been wild all my days
All my anger and my rage
My senses said it would lead me astray
I said, go, go, go
I said, no, no, no

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Words and Music: Buffy Sainte-Marie

Indian legislation's on the desk of a do-right Congressman
He don't know much about the issues
So he picks up the phone and calls the senator out in Indian Country
A darling of the energy companies ripping off what's left
Of the reservation

I learned a safety rule, I don't know who to thank
Don't stand between the reservation and the corporate bank
They're sending federal tanks
It isn't nice but it's reality
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

I said deep in the earth
Won't you cover me with pretty lies
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

We got these energy companies, they're trying to take the land
And we got churches by the dozen trying to guide our hand
And sign our Mother Earth over to pollution, war, and greed (no, no)
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (I said deep in the earth)
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Cover me with pretty lies)
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

We got the federal marshalls, we got the covert spies
We got the liars by the fire, got the FBI
They lie in court and get nailed but still Leonard Peltier goes off to jail
The bullets don't match the gun!

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (an eighth of the reservation)
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (transferred in secret)
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (got your murder and intimidation)
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (bury me, bury me, bury me)

My girlfriend Anna Mae talked about uranium
Her head was full of bullets and her body dumped
The FBI cut off her hand and told us she died of exposure (yeah right)
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (I said deep in the earth)
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Won't you cover me with your pretty lies)
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

Talk about (hey!) a revolution

(They stole my land,
They won't steal my soul)

We had the gold rush wars, why didn't we learn to crawl?
And now our history gets written in a liar's scrawl
They tell me, "honey, don't be so uptight you can still be an Indian down at the Y on Saturday night"
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (deep in the earth)
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (cover me with your pretty lies)
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (bury me, bury me, bury me)

Bury my heart (an eighth of the reservation)
Bury my heart (was transferred in secret)
Bury my heart (got your murder and your intimidation)
(Bury me, bury me, bury me)
Bury my heart
Bury my heart
Bury my heart
Bury my heart

Midnight Train to Georgia
Words and Music: James. D. Weatherly

LA proved too much for the man (too much for the man) (he couldn't make it)
So he's leaving the life he's come to know (he said he's going)
He said he's going back to find (going back to find)
What's left of his world the world he left behind
Not so very long ago
Oh yeah

(Chorus)
He's leaving (leaving)
On that midnight train to Georgia (leaving on the midnight train)
Oh yeah said he's going back to find (he's going back to find)
A simpler place and time (and when he takes that ride)
Yes he is (guess who's gonna be right by his side)
I'll be with him (I know you will)
On that midnight train to Georgia (leaving on the midnight train)
(Woohoo)
I'd rather live in his world (live in his world)
Than live without him in mine
(World, is his, his and hers alone)

He kept dreaming (dreaming)
That one day he'd be a star (A superstar but he didn't get far)
But he sure found out the hard way
That dreams don't always come true
Oh no (uh uh uh)
So he sold all his hopes
And he even sold his own car
And bought a one way ticket back
To the life he once knew
Oh yes he did
He said he would

(Chorus twice)

(World, is his, his and hers alone)
(All aboard one world his man her girl)
I've got to go, I've got to go (all aboard one world her man his girl)
I've got to go, I've got to go (all aboard one world her man his girl)
All aboard one world her man his girl
All aboard one world his man her girl

River
Words and Music: Joni Mitchell

It's coming on Christmas they're cutting down trees
Putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river I could skate away on

But it don't snow here it stays pretty green
I'm gonna make a lot of money then I'm gonna quit this crazy scene
I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I wish I had a river so wide
Teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river to skate away on

'Cause I made my baby cry

You tried hard to help me and you put me at ease
Then loved me so naughty made me week in my knees
I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I'm so hard to handle I'm selfish and I'm sad
Now I lost the best baby that I ever had
I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I wish I had a river so wide
Teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river I could skate away on

'Cause I made my baby say goodbye

It's coming on Christmas they're cutting down trees
Putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river I could skate away on

God I wish I had a river so wide
Teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I made my baby say goodbye

Thin Line
Words and Music: Gerard McHugh

I thought the time was passed when I could find beauty in the birds
I set the stage and the scenery rehearsing every word
Yeah
But when I tried to make it more it was always less
And it's a thin line between pleasing yourself and pleasing somebody else
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Alright

With my confidence on fire (my confidence on fire) I set to fixin' up my roles
My separation of desires (oooh separation of desire) just left me deeper down in the hole
Yeah
When I tried to make it more it was always less
And there's a thin line between pleasing yourself and pleasing somebody else
And when I tried to make it more it was always less
It's a thin line between pleasing yourself and pleasing somebody else
Yeah oh yeah
Alright

Now I'm trying to get back to what I know that I should be
Hoping to God that I was just a temporary absentee
Yeah
When I tried to make it more it was always less
And it's a thin line between pleasing yourself and pleasing somebody else
When I tried to make it more it was always less (I'd try to make it more it was less)
And it's a thin line between pleasing yourself and pleasing somebody else
Oh yeah oh yeah
Alright

Tangled Up In Blue
Words and Music: Bob Dylan

Early one morning the sun was shining I was laying in bed
Wondering if she'd changed at all if her hair was still red
Her folks they said our lives together sure was gonna be rough
They never did like mama's homemade dress papa's bank book wasn't big enough
Me I'm standing on the side of the road rain falling onto my shoes
I'm heading out to the east coast Lord knows I've paid some dues
Getting through
Tangled up in blue

She was married when we first met soon to be divorced
I helped her out of a jam I guess but I used a little too much force
And we drove that car as far as we could abandoned it out west
We split up on a sad dark night both agreeing it was best
She turned around and looked at me as I was walking away
And I heard her say over my shoulder we'll meet again someday
On the avenue
Tangled up in blue

I was living in the Great North Woods working as a cook for a spell
Never did like it all that much and one day the ax just fell
So I drifted down to New Orleans where I happened to be employed
I was working for a while on a fishing boat right outside of Delacroix
And all the while I was alone the past was close behind
I'd seen a lot of women but she never escaped my mind
And I just grew
Tangled up in blue

She was working at a topless bar I stopped in for a beer
I kept looking at the side of her face in the spotlight so clear
Now later on the crowd thinned out and I was just about to do the same
But she was standing there at the back of my chair she said "don't I know your name"
Well I muttered something under my breath as she studied the lines on my face
And I must admit I felt a little uneasy when she bent down to tie the laces
Of my shoes
Tangled up in blue
I know I know I know

She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
I thought you'd never say hello she said you look like the silent type
And she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me
Written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century
Every one of his word rang true and glowed like burning coal
Pouring off every page like it was written in my soul
From me to you
Tangled up in blue

I lived with them on Montague Street in a basement down the stairs yeah
There was music in the cafes at night and revolution in the air
That's when he started into dealing with slaves yeah something inside of her just died
And she had to sell everything she owned and she froze up inside
Finally when the bottom fell out I became withdrawn
The only thing I knew how to do was to keep on keepin' on
Like a bird that flew
Tangled up in blue
Oooh yeah

Now I'm headed back again I got to get to her somehow
And all the people I once knew they're an illusion to me now
Some are mathematicians, some are carpenters' wives
I don't know how they all got started don't know what they're doing with their lives
But me I'm still out on the road headed for another joint
We always did feel the same we just saw it from a different point
Of view
Tangled up in blue
I know I know I know

Blister In The Sun
(Violent Femmes)

When I'm a walking I strut my stuff then I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out

Let me go on like I blister in the sun
Let me go on big hand I know you're the one

Body and beats I stain my sheets I don't even know why
My girlfriend she's at the end she is starting to cry

Let me go on like I blister in the sun
Let me go on big hands I know you're the one

When I'm walking I strut my stuff and I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out
When I'm walking I strut my stuff and I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out
Body and beats I stain my sheets I don't even know why
My girlfriend she's at the end she is starting to cry
When I'm walking I strut my stuff and I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out

Let me go on like I blister in the sun
Let me go on big hands I know you're the one

Water Is Wide
Traditional

The water is wide I can't cross o'er
And neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I

O love is handsome love is fine
Gay as a jewel when first it's new
And love grows old and ever bold
And shines as bright as morning dew

A ship there is she sails the sea
She's loaded deep as deep can be
But not so deep as the love I'm in
I know not how I sink or swim

The water is wide I can't cross o'er
And neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I

Nueva Señorita
Words and Music: Amy Ray

Well we blew off the immigration
As the moon was settin' high
As we drove from Lancandona to Comitàn
And Gloria was singing
And Cecilia closed her eyes
I saw them lifting out over the night sky

I said, "Nueva Señorita, have you gone to brighter days?
Have you found your greener valleys?
And the place where your heart stays?"

So I'm headin' back to the flatlands
And you're headin' up to the hills
And the rain brings you home to the middle of July
And I guess I just got lonesome
When I think about how you feel
With six months gone and no one to dry your eyes

I said, "Nueva Señorita, are you gone to brighter days?
I have seen your greener valleys
It's the place where my heart stays"

Devotion
Words and Music: Amy Ray

I pulled out with the mountain laurel blooming
On a dirt road that is soon to be paved
Down to the site of my original establishment
And the west end family grave

Cause one day moves into two
And I'm losing everything except for you
And I would sing you a song of devotion
Yeah that's what I should do

Blood runs thick and when it rains it pours down
On the family tree on the fields of war
I spend my time broken hearted and grieving bound
Yeah I haven't much need to look forward

I just let one day move into two
I'm losing everything except for you
I would sing you a song of devotion

Book of days, the way things lay
That's just space and time
I gave it up all for a love
That won't be defined

I've had enough temporary acquisition
Building fences for no gain
Taking dead trees down before the winter freeze
I said let 'em rot and fall where they may

Just let one day move into two
I'm losing everything except for you
I would sing you a song of devotion
That's what I should do
It's the book of days
It's the way things lay
Now that's just space and time
I gave it up all for your love
That's what I should do
Yeah that's what I should do

Leaving
Words and Music: Emily Saliers

Jet fuel and traffic lines
Pulling up to the Delta signs
Distant shape of my hometown
Black stain where the wheels touch down

I pick up the morning news
I pass the man who's never shined my shoes
Through security and to the train
That will take me to the airplane

Count the miles on the highway
The sum of all my days
There's a postcard, there's a call
There's a picture for your bedroom wall

But do you ever wonder through and through
Who's that person standing next to you
And after all the nights apart
Is there a home for a traveling heart

Chorus:
But if I weren't leaving you
I don't know what I would do
But the more I go, the less I know
Will the fire still burn on my return
Keep the path lit on the only road I know
Honey, all I know to do is go

A cup of coffee and my bags are packed
The same vow not to look back
Familiar emptiness inside
As the distances grow wide

And though I vow to memorize
The last look in your loving eyes
It's here dusk and there dawn
It's like a curtain getting slowly drawn

Chorus (repeat)