Hollywood Town Hall
Album - 28 settembre 1992 - Debaser id 31065

(Louris, Olson) Pedal Blue Music/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. BMI

I was waiting for the sun
Then I walked on home alone
What I didn't know
Was he was waiting for you to fall

So I never made amends
For the sake of no one else
And for the simple reason
That he was waiting for you to fall

Chorus:
It was not lost on me
It was not lost on me
Walking on down the road
Looking for a friendly handout
Somebody ease my soul

So I kept my spirits high
Entertaining passers-by
Wrapped in my confusion
While he was waiting for you to fall

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It was not lost on me
It was not lost on me
Walking on down the road
Walking on down the road
Walking on down the road
Walking on down the road

(Louris, Olson) Pedal Blue Music/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. BMI

It's taken you so long
Where can you be?
I woulda laid my life down for you
Nothing seems real, nothing seems real
Now that you’re gone

Have you seen the sisters blue-eyed curls of gold
Helen, no one there to be seen
The sun light looks down,
Stripped bear to the ground
Held by the leaves

Chorus:
Been crowded in the wings
Mostly I don’t mind
Been crowded in the wings
Then it’s you I find
Then it’s you I find
Then it’s you I find

Two hundred yards in front of the man
He could never see his way to another day
This time meant the same, cold, cold, cold
Cold once again

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You brought me two, the mother of mountains
You brought me two
And no one reads to you at night
And all your lies came to pass
Just something I said
Made you turn your life in

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Been crowded in the wings
Been crowded in the wings
Been crowded in the wings
Been crowded in the wings

(Louris, Olson) Pedal Blue Music/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. BMI

God of the rich man ain't the God for the poor.
God, men and the state hospital is closed, and wouldn't you know
Winos and office girls in the park.
Wanted you alone to walk beside her,
Wanted you alone to live beside her, it was morning,
Better roads with light on them.

Chorus:
Can your diamonds talk to you, can you see them shine.
Keep them hiding in your room, can they guide you in your time.
Can they guide you in your time.

Windows were broken by your dear one's hands,
Gates left swinging by your dear one's hands,
An old book salesman asked if he could step in.
The sidewalks you slept on held no rest.
Gave away the money you saved
In your trust, you're sorry now.
Light hits you funny at the time.

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The sidewalks, you slept on
They're so broken. They're so broken down
I'll meet you there. I'll meet you there.

Years before and the trees would start to bloom,
You walked outside, wanted back in your room, what did you hope for.
Turn the corner while you slept ?
God of the rich man ain't the God for the poor.
God, men and the state hospital is closed, and won't you know
Winos and office girls in the park.

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(Olson) Gunflint Music BMI

I'd hope to find you this morning
Talking to the trees
I could miss you, after what went down.

If false love could lie by you
While I'm swinging low
I could steal downtown, making some sweet time

Chorus:
Two Angels, one bad end
This lifetime's easy
Way back home there's a funeral

Think I'll take to the sidewalk
Knowing it's not real
I could steal downtown, making some sweet time

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Two Angels, one bad end

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(Louris, Olson) Pedal Blue Music/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. BMI

Sister cry, what you needed
Bought yourself things you could not use
Could be some man will come along and claim you
Could be you'll wind up in another town.

Sister cry, count the stars.
Is many in the sky that passed you by.
Could be up ahead you'll be seeing changes.
Somehow changes made won’t belong to you.

Chorus:
Someone come along and carry you down
And you called my name
I was so hungry then
Someone come along and carry you down
You could not see you
Someone come along and lay you down
And you don’t talk at all
It’s the hardest way
Someone come along and carry you down

Sister cry, been mistreated.
Doesn't mean someone won’t let you in.
Could be some man will come along and claim you
Could be you'll wind up in another down

This devil’s knocking at your door
But I could lead them all astray
Just don't matter what people say

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Sister cry, count the stars.
Is many in the sky that passed you by.
Could be up ahead you'll be seeing changes.
Somehow changes made won’t belong to you.
Could be up ahead you'll be seeing changes.
Somehow changes made won’t belong to you.

(Louris, Olson) Pedal Blue Music/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. BMI

You came and you gave
Without taking
The best was yet to come, I know
For I was forsaken

And so I kept my fingers crossed
To win at any cost
The sound of water falling down

Chorus:
Knock me down
Pick me up
Set me in a row

Your words hung high in the rafters
And settled down like rain
Remain happy ever after

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You packed up your bags and belongings
And crept out through the back
The sound of footprints on the ground

Your words hung high in the rafters
And settled down like rain
Remain happy ever after
Happy ever after

Left his day job behind
Every fool dies trying to give his back
Kicked around on the bum
Like a child I scolded
For broken toys

Can you help me to find Nevada, California
The last thing I did
Was I tried to hold her

The stationmaster is gone
And I'm your lovesick cousin that never wins
First you twist
Then you turn
You're on life's icy mountain, dear passenger

Can you help me to find Nevada, California
Can you help me to find Nevada, California
The last thing I did
Was I tried to hold her

Nevada, California
Nevada, California

The stationmaster is gone
Behind the lies you wonder
There lies a jewel
Could it be something's wrong
The love that won't talk to you
But seldom wins (or seven?)

Can you help me to find Nevada, California
Can you help me to find Nevada, California
Nevada, California
The last thing I did
Is I tried to hold her

(Olson) Gunflint Music BMI

He's only six years old, that old killer died.
Put him down in a great big hole, I fill it up all the time.
See the buildings rise up to the sky, parking meters, traffic cops.
You'd best watch your record son, they'll come and lock you up.

Chorus:
I been working all night.
I go long into the day.
You got much money now.
Got the time ahead, you got the time ahead to pay

Smoke and lightning, dressed to kill.
Don't talk to strangers, girl take your pill
Forty years of sudden death, the acid rain is falling on my head
Bush raids (abortion rates?) on the rise, doctors working overtime.
Too much of a good thing not enough, stepping stones, building blocks

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Cause, I been working all night.
I go along into the day.
You got much money.
Got the time ahead, you got the time ahead to pay