Conquer All When you feel time’s run out And all your cares aren’t there Just believe in yourself When there’s a lot of worries to bare When you feel like singing a song About the lame at hand Just believe; in each soul Hardships will turn to sand Focus on the now Focus on the future Just pass for now If you worry about the world It becomes too much to take Close your eyes; breathe in Don’t let anyone seal your fate If you don’t know where you are Just take my hand and I’ll lead Close your eyes; breathe deep Don’t let anyone see you weep Focus on the now Focus on the future Just pass for now Don’t believe in anything that they say Don’t believe in anything that they say Just Have you found the smoking gun The one you left on the scene The one you tried your all not to notice Did it fallow you around And did you try to hunt it down Like crops killed by locust Keep moving on- just let it be Keeping holding on- to why you got up to leave You’ve got a little bit of luck Just a little stroke of luck Be who you are just for the fun of it Stand on your ground- never nudge from this Gotta break from the truth Gotta break from the cruel Be who you are- just- just Have you gave birth to your son In a place more than clean The one you gave your all- to notice Start a clean- start a fresh Persistent muse of the flesh It’ll take more than time- to focus Keep moving on- just let it be Keeping holding on- to why you gotta- Be who you are just for the fun of it Stand on your ground- never nudge from this Gotta break from the truth Gotta break from the cruel Gotta be clean and just You're Reaching The freakshow’s on the sidewalk The photographic memory’s on Isometric handouts Weaning off hordes and hordes a bound It’s a simple race A simple place; I know Ohh yeah – You’re reaching for the hardest part of me Ohh yeah – Teaching the world to beg on need If you’re listening to me Leave ‘em; or set them free Crazy little children Thinking that they all got it wrong Isolated future Weaning off warnings of trails they’re on It’s a simple case A simple race; I know Ohh yeah – You’re reaching for the hardest part of me Ohh yeah – Teaching the world to beg on need If you’re listening to me Leave ‘em; or set them free So many problems Harder and harder to resist If you’re listening to me Leave ‘em; or set them free A Toast To the memory of Jean-Louis To the hopes and dreams of many a king May your tears and fears confide in me May you dream a little And there’s a hope; he’s gotten- his wings If there’s a will; then there’s a way- for all things In ashes spent the soul is spread; we cover hands and cope To the memory of Jean-Louis For the brothers of the Legion sing An oath of love and duties they bring Commute the greater-good in us all We were born to fall And there’s a hope; he’s gotten- his wings If there’s a will; then there’s a way- for all things In ashes spent the soul is spread; we cover hands and cope To the memory of Jean-Louis To the memory of Jean-Louis To the hopes and dreams that we may never leave May your hearts reside in a state of love For the Ones above And there’s a hope; he’s gotten- his wings If there’s a will; then there’s a way- for all things In ashes spent the soul is spread; we cover hands and cope To the memory of Jean-Louis To the memory of Jean Consumed The ways of the wicked Have led me off the path Days have been tickin’ Bye and bye your faith Passed your door to grace I Am Worn. Satan sways with desire She scorned me under breath Her grasp grew despite her Bye and bye your faith Knocked your door to grace Please Remember Me. Days consume my thoughts Each one harder to grasp Souls born to breed and rot Bye and bye your faith Push through your door to grace I Am Free. Cast away all doubts Cast away all my clout. Bye and bye the way Thrown into grace I Am Born. The ways of the wicked I have left them on the path Days have been quickened Bye and bye your faith Been brought in to grace I’ve Been Born. Caribou (or Wherever You Are) Tedious jobs- I’ve had a few Dishwasher, cashier, babysitter- construction crew Lifetime of working- lifetime of going downhill Got to find new work- they just shutdown the mill If you need a home Where the Viking roam, In a state of hype You just can’t fight The chain…of Caribou Josie’s- pregnant again Don’t know the father- the one I could have been Credit cards’ a maxin’- lifetime of debt America’s not carein’- and we’re gonna pay for it If you need a taste And a real cheap date Head to the town of blight You just can’t fight The pain…of Caribou They say they care about kids They mean they’ll blind the depression they’re in The future is bleak For the answers you seek Can’t escape its grasp Don’t stay here- it’s a trap The Whore…of Caribou The drugs have taken its toll They deal where we used to hang out- and bowl Don’t go into the park Don’t go- after dark If you need a home Where the Viking roam, In a state of hype You just can’t fight If you need a taste And a real cheap date Head to the town of blight You just can’t fight The future is bleak For the answers you seek In a state of hype You just can’t fight The pain…of Caribou New York City, 1961 There was a time when the truth was gold People gathered round – young and old To hear the Balladeer spin a tale Of love long lost through pints of ale Rusty stringed player; finger picking technique All the things that made Bobby unique The voice of a workhorse; the heart of a liar Chased out of Minnesota in New York attire And all this time We thought it was all a ride And all this time We held the tie that binds Let’s hear another tale – they said Let’s hear another word Let’s hear another word – they said Let’s hear another ballad die The slackers died off as the intellectuals rebound Stories to be had – tall-tales abound Gathered at the local corner of intersects To collect their minds and show individual respects And after a while of eying freaks and geeks Construct a suitable contemplation of what we used to be And all this time We thought it was all a ride And all this time We held the tie that binds Let’s hear another tale – they said Let’s hear another word Let’s hear another word – they said Let’s hear another battle cry They tore their hearts out They sold their souls to no one They tore their eyes out To appease no one Except the others in the room The same people who knew change was in bloom State of the Union They keep on lying cause they want to pretend Land is dying the world is coming to an end These indecisions keeping letting me down Gotta feed the people or there won’t be anyone around And I am I am Thrown by your muse And I am I am Born to Lose Can’t pay the bills that Georgy has stacked It’s too late for the whole world to act I hear bitchin’ complainin’ about the war We can’t move Georgy; but his ass sure is sore And I am I am Thrown by your muse And I am I am Born to Lose everything that we’ve earned Born to Lose- everything that we’ve learned Born to Lose- a sense of United Front Born to Lose Truth is the nerve that the present can’t touch We like our jewels, large cars, and such These indecisions keeping letting me down Gotta feed the people or there won’t be anyone around And I am I am Thrown by your muse And I am I am Born to Lose Triumph Over the Nighttime Sky Even though the world seemed to pass me by I’ll take a chance to wait out the nighttime sky I’ll be awake I’ll stay awake Peak hours of the rain seem to wash the fears Of a harder world marked by foreseen tears We’ll be awake We’ll stay awake Wage the hours of tomorrow’s past Present the cheers of your former love- and patience due And if it seems that we have made it And if it seems we’ll get through it And even if our deepest desires- fade away The eternal voice of all our hearts will say: I’ll stay awake I will be safe We’ll wash the pain away We’ll stay awake Peak hours; dew points setting with the sun Yet still as a whole; we’ll triumph over everyone I’ll stay awake I will be safe We’ll wash the pain away We’ll stay awake I’ll stay awake I’ll stay awake I will be safe We’ll wash the pain away We’ll stay awake I’ll stay awake I will be safe We’ll wash the pain away We’ll stay awake The Celebration Song Underneath the trees where we used to play Friendly game of tag and then some charades Peculiar thoughts hung up against the wall Tranquil beliefs mark us all In time In time we’ll fall Until the end of time I’ll love you all Consolation for the young A price marked by the dead Fire in your eyes Speak for what you’ve never said Plans halted by faith Faulted in place You fear the worst But all shall be released In time In time we’ll fall Until the end of time I’ll love you all In time In time we’ll fall Until the end of time I’ll love you all The Last Boy Scout I fear that we’ve been dragging on dear- so slowly Need a break from this track Something tells me I’m the blame of the cause- whole-heartily Next Greyhound Bus- I’m gone And it’s hard So hard Mind moves faster than the heart- so sue me No need to take me down a notch Something seems out of focus in your smile- so smugly Next Greyhound Bus- I’m gone And it’s hard So hard All in all- night will fall All in all- the mark is yours to call And I know- that patience calls me out And I know- we’ll pan it I’m the last Boy Scout It’s seems our clocks are ticking- so quickly I’m honest- never thought that it would last Something tells me your heart’s still sinking- don’t cross me Next Greyhound Bus- I’m gone And it’s hard So hard All in all- night will fall All in all- the mark is yours to call And I know- that patience calls me out And I know- we’ll pan it I’m the last Boy Scout All in all- night will fall All in all- the mark is yours to call And I know- that patience calls me out And I know- we’ll pan it I’m the last Boy Scout I’m the last Boy Scout I’m the last Boy Scout I’m the last Boy Scout Commitment (Saved) Dear next of kin I’ll write off my sins To you - Only to you It was 1915 Her name was Ellen McGee She just turned twenty-three A beautiful sight to see I gave her a gift Made of guitar strings for winter mitts But her daddy didn’t like boys who weren’t so clean I soon as I left Her daddy beat her nearly half-to-death Never thought a father could be so mean So mean Day after the marks were clear I told her there’s no reason to fear Had an idea ready to hatch A solution that was gonna last So on that stormy winter night I drew my courage; made up my mind Gonna go over and knock some sense into the man I was nearly there You could hear yelling; shouting beyond compare Twas then I knew her daddy forced her down Broke down the door Knocked him; shoved him to the floor Cocked my rifle and aimed down the site I lost my mind I lost my mind As I noticed what I had done Looked to Ellen my loved one As I held her dear She spoke some trembled words in my ear “Let’s leave forever more” And who was I to impose? Her daddy’s lifeless body next to me Noticed something in his hand I hadn’t seen Twas a shield and a gun And me the confident one Didn’t know that the man was of the blue and the law Took the stiff Mr. McGee Put him in a bag; chucked him in the ravine Drove home that night with my love and never looked back But I saved her life I saved my wife On my deathbed I write Of all the wrongs and rights Of all the seemingly simple acts I’ve made I hope that I’m saved I’m saved Eisner Says Eisner sure writes for the congregation About slack-chewed thoughts and confrontation Every now and then he’d write an odd song To hold his thoughts and person strong Eisner calls out to the crowd in awe To the sinners, the saints- calls to them all Hopefully what you’re hearing sounds pristine Perhaps these blaring words invoke some feelings Based on heartfelt feelings Eisner reveals the process of human woes And the hate, blight, sin, we do for show He means well in his steed though he heeds for a change He’s marred at the thought; they all think he’s crazed Eisner balks at the rulers of physical being And how their faith is slowly fleeting The audience now makes a choice “Forget Eisner” they say “We’ve got our own voice.” How do we?- Eisner says Interpret all things?- Eisner says Well do YOU know? How do we?- Eisner says Interpret all things?- Eisner says Well that’s all left up to you. Eisner says Well that’s all left up to you. Eisner says That’s what Eisner says. Teeth and Snarls My goal’s in sight She speaks in tongues Please understand- it’s not for everyone She pouts she snarls Talks teeth and nails Please understand- I’ve got no choice but to fail Drastic times Call for drastic falls She’s drunk and hazy- tanked for the Ball In these troubled times; I’ll stay In these troubled times I won’t - give way She fears the worst Talks about the end Please understand- that there’s more at hand I forgive you my love I forgive you at par Please understand- there’s a little pure in us all “You’re the hate in my mind” “The one that boroughs underneath” “The one that dances jubilee” “The one that calls into question everything” “The one that drives me cold” “The one that turns me on” “The one that takes my patience- and calls it off” In these troubled times; I’ll stay In these troubled times I won’t - give way I’m not through with you You’re not through with me I’m not taken a back to what you think I should believe You're the one that drives me cold And the one that gets me down And I will love love you still- but tonight I will be on my own In these troubled times; I’ll stay In these troubled times I won’t - give way Jandek Any man can tell you whether; you’ve got the bug The mind in hindsight lacks perception The crazies’ at the door want to join in jubilation They’ll fallow wherever you go The landscape’s dry and breezy; the wind it blows ‘Have Mercy’ Fields full of golden promise Take the tape recorder and facilitate your comments They’ll follow wherever you go Your name evades the locals; a single word that haunts the land Personal contact’s hard to find Locked in a small wooden house with just a guitar and a rhyme I’ll follow wherever you go I sent you a letter of importance; ohh I hoped you received it So many questions to ask Got a reply in the mail saying, “Sorry I can’t complete that task” I’ll still follow wherever you go. In the years that have come and gone; you’re just as invisible The drudge of time is impeding If the wind blows just right and we collide in chance meeting I’ll still follow wherever you go.