My baby travels with a barstool My baby travels with a barstool Boy, she can sing, my baby! My baby don't do the dishes My baby won't do the dishes Boy, she can sing, my baby! Saw my baby's picture...
I thought it would never end We would always be friends I didn't see it coming Your book is wisely done And you don't talk to me no more, never like you did before In your great book I am the crook...
I always had the voice, and now I am a singer. The audience grows silent when I open up my mouth. I sing the words I've written every night before a crowd. As if I were a poet or some legendary mind....

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Dreamt I was back with the pirates and cats of my sommerville The girl in the alphabet shirt covered in dirt lives on the hill Well, my sweet Josephine, Are you still racing stray dogs Across the old...
Who is to say who wins or who loses I sing to myself at the end of the day When I know what the blues is All my mistakes have become masterpieces I was born in the goodness of grace Because of faith,...
You grabbed my hand and you lead me out. Down the stairs among the Saturday crowds. We caught the glimpse of a jealous stare. We stole the night without a care. And birds sang praise as we rushed by,...
There was a party last night, last night Cigarettes and empty bottles, empty bottles Better open up this window, this window Need some air to clear my head, clear my head Alone in these strange beds I...

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If I say no, if I resist If I don't give in to this Would it be a lesson or a loss? Suddenly I know what it's about Thoughts come in, and words come out Suddenly I'm not killing time It's all over now...
I'm in a state of mind I'm in my private desert I'm in a passionate study Waiting for Mars to come out All the lights in Paris All the songs of Belfast Every detail in my head is Waiting for Mars to...
She was just a hitchhiker That I picked up by the side of the road What you did to me, what you put me through What you did to me, what you put me through Got no money, but I'll paint your picture If...