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Rarities, B-Sides and Sad, Slow WaltzesI SAW YOUR SHOES(?) [New song] Transcribed by T.V.Roosmalen I saw your shoes by the kitchen door and I knew I missed you I saw your shoes by the front door and I began to miss you more I saw your shoes on the landing and lord I knew I cared I saw your shoes pretty baby and I longed to have you there. I saw your shoes by the record player and I wished you'd call me I saw your shoes by the tv set I prayed you'd call I saw your shoes by the couch and I longed to feel your touch, babe I saw your shoes pretty baby and I had to have you there. I see your shoes by the shower stall and I begin to wondering I see your shoes by the bedroom door and my hearts starts pounding. I see your shoes at the foot of the bed and I start laughing I see your shoes, pretty baby, but most of all I see you. | |||
FIVE ROOM LOVE STORY (Michael and Margo Timmins) [First released as B-Side to `A Horse in the Country'] I met her in a church on a Sunday evening not late on Saturday night She sang Ave Maria a little flat and out of time but that's what drew me to her so that's alright As she placed a nickel in the basket that I held before her I asked her to be my wife And there's one cardboard heart for every time you said "I love you" A painted star for every secret that we shared A dried lima bean and small plastic birds because you cared I hear their talk and I watch them swap their old black and whites Bitter and beaten they talk of life's cheatin' like old boxers comparing scars All I remember is a smile at the top of every working morning and a shoulder always willing and able and all those nights that we'd spend just sitting and talking around our kitchen table And there's one cardboard heart for every time you said "I love you" A painted star for every secret that we shared A dried lima bean and small plastic birds because you cared Five rooms made stronger by the breaking and the healing of the two hearts they protected within Now one heart left aching just piecing and painting these walls with the memories of all that is real And there's one cardboard heart for every time you said "I love you" A painted star for every secret that we shared A dried lima bean and small plastic birds because you cared And there's one cardboard heart for every time you said "I love you" A painted star for every secret that we shared A dried lima bean and small plastic birds because you cared | |||
SAD TO SEE THE SEASON GO (Michael Timmins) [First released on the "30-Hour Famine" benefit album] Transcribed by Jason Go Hollow boned and feathered she fell to him, wriggling perdition she plucked from deep within Feasted high on flowering branches the fruit of his heart he gave willingly for her song From fresh wounds were gathered thick sheaves of love He lay open palmed to her world: she stretched in arched abeyance, holding thunderclap and starlight in one mind Sad to see the season go I'll miss the crackling of the air, the loss of all I know Sad to see the season go Indian corn and the bitter taste of envy in the air Mired now in cyclic decay. The nag of conquest Skeletal arms embrace a withering world Sad to see the season go I'll miss the crackling of the air, the loss of all I know Sad to see the season go Locked here these dreams of you, imperfect dormant seeds There is a dignity to this solitude, a sparkling ambiguity both liquid and solid at one time | |||
IF YOU GOTTA GO, GO NOW (Bob Dylan) [First released as B-Side to `Southern Rain'] Listen to me, baby There's something that you must see I want to be with you, boy If you want to be with me But if you gotta go, it's all right But if you gotta go, go now or else you gotta stay all night It's not that I'm questioning you to take part in some kind of quiz It's just that I have got no watch and you keep askin' me what time it is But if you gotta go, it's all right But if you gotta go, go now or else you gotta stay all night I am just a poor girl, baby trying to connect I certainly don't want you thinkin' that I haven't got any respect If you gotta go, it's all right But if you gotta go, go now or else you gotta stay all night It ain't that I am wanting anything you never gave before It's just that I'll be sleeping soon it'll be too dark for you to find the door If you gotta go, it's all right But if you gotta go, go now or else you gotta stay all night | |||
LOVE'S STILL THERE (Michael and Margo Timmins) [First released as B-side to `Pale Sun'] Door slams, car starts, he's on the road she's left there sitting, angry and alone thinking what she should have said well, maybe she should have gone to bed Now his words are swirling around in her head He said and she said and they both yelled together neither one hearing or listening to the other Words like "You never.." and "You don't understand" One word, then another and then the whole thing's out of hand But love's still there it's just hiding in the dark 'cause it's scared Hang on to those feelings that you know are true and remember that this person means everything to you Siren screams, breaks through her dreams she rolls to the right She realizes that he's still lost to the night She gets out of bed both worried and mad She prays that he's safe, her hanger holds back the drape But love's still there it's just hiding in the dark 'cause it's scared Hang on to those feelings that you know are true and remember that this person means everything to you Door opens and in walks her baby with a look on her face, says "I'm sorry" Now's not the time or the place to play games so you hold out your hand and he does the same And love's still there it's just hiding in the dark 'cause it's scared Hang on to those feelings that you know are true and remember that this person means everything to you Love's still there it's just hiding in the dark 'cause it's scared Hang on to those feelings that you know are true and remember that this person means everything to you | |||
TO LAY ME DOWN (Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia) [First released on the Grateful Dead tribute album "Deadicated"] To lay me down once more To lay me down With my head in sparkling clover Let the world go by All lost in dreaming To lay me down one last time To lay me down To be with you once more To be with you with our bodies close together Let the world go by Like clouds a-streaming To lay me down once more To lay me down To lay me down To lay me down To lay me down once more To lay me down To lie with you one more To lie with you with our dreams entwined together To lie beside you my love still sleeping to tell sweet lies one last time and say good-night To lay me down To lay me down To lay me down one last time To lay me down To lay me down one last time To lay me down | |||
A FEW SIMPLE WORDS (?) [Previously unreleased song . Lay It Down outtake] Transcribed by T.V.Roosmalen What does he see in those mashed potatoes? what secrets does he hold that can be so grin? the silence like a canyon dividing them he's on one side she's opposite him trying so desperately to get his attention she says, "honey, you're a bastard of great proportion". he says, "darling, I plead guilty to that sin." with potatoes half way to his mouth he looks her in the eye and says, "without a doubt my love for you is all that I believe in. "With those few simple words her heart is sent soaring she's able to face another day . through the anger and the laughter she knows that she matters and somebody out there cares. What does she gain by all this sulking? what trouble can there be for one so young? dark tension building like the clouds of a storm her daughter's in her room and she's at the door trying to figure what all this fuss is for. she says, "mother, you're a witch and I'll always hate you." she says, "daughter, perhaps these words you speak are true." she quietly moves towards the bed, look her in the eye gently says, "but I will always believe in you." With those few simple words her heart is sent soaring she's able to face another day. through the anger and the laughter she knows that she matters and somebody out there cares. what do we need to keep us going? what do we need at the end of the day? mysteries keep piling like dirty clothes in the corner. you never thought you'd give up. but you're beginning to wonder when through the gloom you hear a familiar voice say.... .... a few simple words that send your heart soaring you're able to face another day. through the anger and the laughter you know that you matter and somebody out there cares. | |||
RIVER WALTZ River Song Trilogy - Part One(?) [Previously unreleased song - Lay It Down outtake] Transcribed by T.V.Roosmalen I'm going to find me a dying river and strike a deal with her I'll say. "I'll fold you in two and I'll carry you away to a place where your headwaters will flow clean through to your mouth". in return I'll request a small sanctuary by her banks where we will live with our small family she will water our garden and clean the dirt from our skin. While the word clamours at our door we will dance and not let them in. and if one day we wake up to a bed dry as a bone find our river stolen, find our sanctuary gone we will stand and take stock and be grateful for what we've not lost. we will pack up our bags, pack our small family head across the valley to where the aspen trees shiver as they ascend- the green hills rising to blue. at the edge of the shopping we will turn and bid fond ädieu". All that I know to be true is the touch of your hand on my skin. one look from you can so easily soothe all this turmoil within. as we dance cheek to cheek with our feet so completely locked in a time all our own. I stop to speak but you gently keep me moving in time to the song. and in a voice that is sloppy with gin you say, "let the world spin". I'm going to find me a dying river and strike a deal with her I'll say, Ï'll fold you in two and I'll carry you away to place where your headwaters will flow clean through to your mouth". in return I'll request a small sanctuary by her banks where we will live with our small family she will water our garden and clean the dirt from our skin. while the world clamours at our door we will dance and not let them in. | |||
LEAVING NORMAL (Michael Timmins) [First released as B-side to `Anniversary Song] It's been a long time since I've seen the high plains of Expectation and I'm way past the lowlands and the deserts of Failure and Doubt and the last time I passed through Satisfaction I felt like a stranger there Now I'm leaving Normal and I'm heading for Who Knows Where "Excuse me mister, is that seat taken, can I put my bag over here You know this trip will go a whole lot smoother if you take your hand from there No, I'm not from around here and my name's not Little Darling" Why is there one in every crowd and why do I attract them? Funny how the smell of a Greyhound bus now smells like a fresh start to me and now the sounds of the steelbelts on the blacktop is now the sounds of breaking free But I'd trade all those cancelled tickets for a single return fair to a station with a loved one waiting there I've finally learned that there's good and bad and that a girl can do some choosing Of that I'm glad cause this hardened face won't take any more bruising Yeah, and the next time I fall into another's arms there's one thing of which I'll be certain Yeah, you can bare the weight of another, baby without considering it a burden It's been a long time since I've seen the high plains of Expectation and I'm way past the lowlands and the deserts of Failure and Doubt and the last time I passed through Satisfaction I felt like a stranger there Now I'm leaving Normal and I'm heading for Who Knows Where Now I'm leaving Normal wherever I'm heading I don't care | |||
THE WATER IS WIDE (Traditional) [First released on the soundtrack to the movie "The River Wild"] The water is wide, I can not cross over Neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two and both shall row, my love and I Love is gentle and love is kind The sweetest flower when first it's new But love grows old and waxes cold and fades away like morning dew The water is wide, I can not cross over Neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two and both shall row, my love and I and both shall row, my love and I | |||
MY FATHER'S HOUSE (Bruce Springsteen) [Hidden Track - Previously unreleased song] Last night I dreamed that I was a child Out where the pines grow wild and tall I was trying to make it home through the forest before the darkness falls I heard the wind rustling through the trees and ghostly voices rose from the fields I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path with The Devil snappin' at my heels I broke through the trees and there in the night My father's house stood shining hard and bright The branches and brambles tore my clothes and scratched my arms but I ran till I fell, shaking in his arms I awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts I got dressed and to that house I did ride From out on the road, I could see it's windows shining in light I walked up the steps and stood on the porch A woman I didn't recognize came and spoke to me through a chained door I told her my story and who I'd come for She said "I'm sorry, son, but no one by that name lives here anymore" My father's house shines hard and bright It stands like a beacon calling me in the night Calling and calling, so cold and alone Shining `cross this dark highway where our sins lie unatoned | |||
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