All you kids get out the back door, I’ve never seen her this mad before

She took all her favorite things down from the window

And broke them all over her clean floor

It’s Saturday at the mansion, the oldest boy walks with a slouch

The young ones are wild in back of the house

And she gave up and went back to sleep on the couch

Something as simple as boys and girls

Gets tossed all around and lost in the world

Something as hard as a prayer on your back

Can wait a long time for an answer

When I was little I’d stare at her picture
And talk to the mother of God
I swear sometimes I’d see her lips move
Like she was trying to say something to me
When I was eighteen I moved to Florida
Like everyone sick of the cold does
And I waited on old people waiting to die
Oh, I waited on them until I was

Something as simple as boys and girls
Gets tossed all around and lost in the world
Something as hard as a prayer on your back
Can wait a long time for an answer

Now I’m wearing my footsteps into this floor
One day I won’t live here anymore
And someone will wonder who lived here before
And went on their way
I live too many miles from the ocean
And I’m getting older and odd
I get up every morning with my cup of coffee
And I talk to the mother of God

Something as simple as boys and girls
Gets tossed all around and lost in the world
Something as har as a prayer on your back
Can wait a long time for an answer
Can wait a long time for an answer

Maybe it’s alright, maybe we won’t fight anymore

Maybe love is waiting at the end of every road

I don’t know, I don’t know

And maybe, maybe it’s alright

INTRO: G D G

My friend, come stand beside me
Lately, I’m feeling so lost
A flood came and washed the stones of the path away
And a hot sun turned the mud to dust

Calling the sheep in for the evening
There’s a voice, calls above the howling wind
It says, comes rest beside my little fire
We’ll ride out the storm that’s coming in

INTERLUDE: G C G D G

My friend, you know me and my family
You’ve seen us wandering through these times
You’ve seen us in weakness and in power
You’ve seen us forgetful and unkind

All that I want is one who knows me
A kind hand on my face when I weep
And I’d give back these things I know are meaningless
For a little fire beside me when I sleep

INSTRUMENTAL: G C G D G C G D G

All that I want is one who knows me
A kind hand on my face when I weep
And I’d give back these things I know are meaningless
For a little fire beside me when I sleep

OUTRO: G C G D G (4x)

To get the sound your gonna have to hammer on and pulloff

INTRO: C Am7 G F C 2x

VERSE:
We are swimming with the snakes at the bottom of the well
So silent and peaceful in the darkness where we fell
But we are not snakes and what’s more we never will be
And if we stay swimming here forever we will never be free

I heard ‘em ringin’ the bells in heaven and hell
They got a secret they’re gettin ready to tell
Its fallin’ from the skies, callin’ from the graves
Open your eyes boy I think we are saved
Open your eyes boy I think we are saved

CHORUS:
Let’s take a walk on the bridge right over this mess
Don’t need to tell me a thing baby, we’re already confessed
And I raise my voice to the air, and we were blessed
It’s hard to give, It’s hard to get
But everybody needs a little forgiveness

VERSE:

We are calling for help tonight on a thin phone line
As ususal we’re havin’ ourselves one helluva time
And the planes keep flyin’ right over our heads
No matter how loud we shout, Hey…Hey…Hey…
And we keep wavin’ and wavin’ our arms in the air
But we’re all tired out

I heard somebody say, Today’s the day
A big old hurricane…she’s blowin’ our way
Knockin’ over the buildings, Killin’ all the lights
Open your eyes boy, we made it through the night
Open your eyes boy, we made it through the night

CHORUS:
Let’s take a walk on the bridge right over this mess
Don’t need to tell me a thing baby, we’re already confessed
And I raise my voice to the air, and we were blessed
It’s hard to give, It’s hard to get
Its hard to live baby, still I think it’s the best bet
Hey now, hard to give, and I’m never gonna forget
But everybody needs a little forgiveness
Everybody needs a little forgiveness

[-FADE]

It’s not far, I can walk
Down the block to table talk
Close my eyes, make the pies all day
Plastic cap on my hair
I used to mind now I don’t care
I used to mind now I don’t care ‘cause I’m great

Did I show you this picture of my nephew?
Taken at his big birthday surprise
At my sister’s house last Sunday
This is Monday and we’re making pies
I’m making pies, making pies, I-hi hi

Thursday nights I go and type
Down the church with father Mike
It gets me out and he ain’t hard to like at all
Jesus stares at me in my chair with his
Big blue eyes and his honey brown hair and he’s
Looking at me way up there on the wall

Did I show you this picture of my sweetheart?
Taken of us before the war
Of the Greek and his Italian girl
One Sunday at the shore
We tied our ribbons to the fire escape
They were taken by the birds
Who flew home to the country
As the bombs rained on the world

5 a.m. here I am
Walking the block to table talk
You could cry or die or just make pies all day
I’m making pies, making pies
I’m making pies, making pies

(Verse)

Stars fall out
Of the sky, my love
One by one
As the years go by

And one by one
All the ghosts in the night
Whisper my name
And fly away

(Chorus)

I don’t wait for their return
I don’t wait for their return

(Verse)

Across the miles
And all return
Reaching for and into the night
In the dusty veil
Highway song
I whisper your name
And fly away

(Chorus)

I will wait for your return
I will wait for your return

I will wait for your return
I will wait for your return

People steal, they cheat and lie
For wealth and what it will buy
Don’t they know, on judgement day
Gold and silver will melt away

I’d rather be in a deep, dark grave
And know that my poor soul was saved
Than to live in this world in a house of gold
And deny my god and doom my soul

INSTRUMENTAL: D A D A D A D A

What good is gold and silver too
In your heart’s not good and true
Sinner, hear me when I say
Fall down on your knees and pray

I’d rather be in a deep, dark grave
And know that my poor soul was saved
Than to live in this world in a house of gold
And deny my god and doom my soul

[Verse 1]

It might hurt a little while, hurt a little while
It might hurt a little longer than a little while

[Chorus 1]

One of these days I’m gonna smile again, yeah
One of these days I’m gonna smile
One of these days I’m gonna smile again
One of these days I’m gonna smile

[Verse 2]

I might cry a little while, cry a little while
I might cry a little longer than a little while

[Chorus 2]

One of these days I’m gonna laugh again, oh
One of these days I’m gonna laugh, mmm hmm
One of these days I’m gonna laugh again
One of these days I’m gonna smile, h-hmm

[Interlude]

[Verse 3]

I might need a little walk, I might need a little talk
I might need a little help for a little while

[Verse 4]

I might need a little ca-are, all my friends were there
Might need a little love for a little while

[Verse 5]

I might feel a little weary, I might need a new theory
I might feel a little bad for a little while, woah well

[Chorus 3]

One of these days I’m gonna shine again shine again
One of these days I’m gonna shine
One of these days I’m gonna shine again
One of these days I’m gonna smile, hmmm

Smile, smile,ooh hoo, smile, ooh woo hoo ooh hoo

Anytime you say it with heart
Anytime you’re falling apart
When you’re washing the sheets
Any stranger you meet
When there’s somebody waving goodbye

CHORUS:
You’re coming home to me, just remember
You’re coming home to me

It’s a world full of bar rooms and alleys
Of blue nights and red river valleys
When you feel like a shirt
And a tie, or like dirt
Or a lion and no one can see

CHORUS:
You’re coming home to me, just remember
You’re coming home to me

When you get to that place
That’s just under the stars
Hanging over the tree
At a quarter to 3

When you get there you’ll know
That’s as far as you go
When you get there you’ll see
You were already free
When you get there you’ll

La la, la la la, la la la
La la la la la la, la la la la
La la la la la la

When you’re lost and you’re found
And you’re found and you’re lost
When you’re dancing with no one around

CHORUS:
You’re coming home to me, just remember
You’re coming home to me

Such a feelin’s comin’ over me
There is wonder in most every thing I see….
Not a cloud in the sky
Got the sun in my eyes
And I …won’t be surp[Fm/D]rised if it’s a dream…..
 
Everything I want the world to be
Is now coming true especially for me
And the reason is clear..
It’s because you are here
You’re the nearest thing to [Fm/D]heaven that I’ve seen
 
CHORUS
I’m on the top of the world lookin’ ….down on creation
And the only explanation I can find….
Is the love that I’ve found ever since you’ve been around
Your love’s put me at the top of the world…..
 
Something in the wind has learned my name
And it’s tellin’ me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees
And the touch of the breeze
There’s a pleasin’ sense of [Fm/D]happiness for me_____
 
There is only one wish on my mind
When this day is through I hope that I will find
That tomorrow will be
Just the same for you and me
All I need will be [Fm/D]mine if you are here_____