Lay low, mmmm Lay low, mmmm Beneath a bone white moon, across the desert like a blade From a lake of snow to the dead creek nightshade Gone silent to the pines where the lonesome whispers blow Down the road where I must go To lay low, mmmm Lay low, mmmm Set my body free and the heart will follow Tie my mind up now and forget tomorrow The mirror doesn't hold your shape or anything inside Holding power while I hide So lay low, mmmm Lay low, mmmm

I used to fuck off every Friday afternoon to go and fight in the Great War I used to bend my knee backwards and go and sneak a peak at the crown I took every last chance at stealing a nap in the backline And kept a few tears for the rubbernecks cruising the town I can't believe that we danced for this I can't believe that we danced on New Year's Eve I can't believe that we dressed up and danced for this I can't believe that we danced on New Year's Eve now I used to fuck off every Friday afternoon and go and fight in the Great War But all the good dying got lost somewhere out in the fray No one I know ever pulled out their phone at the right time It's not your fault you never could think of anything clever to say I can't believe that we danced for this I can't believe that we danced on New Year's Eve I can't believe that we dressed up and danced for this I can't believe that we danced on New Year's Eve nowowow I used to fuck off every Friday afternoon and go and fight in the Great War Watched the last known survivors set fire to themselves in their prom dresses Fashioned a flag from the scraps of my grandaddy's suit leg And something else, I can't remember what else I said I can't believe that we danced for this I can't believe that we danced on New Year's Eve I can't believe that we dressed up and danced for this I can't believe that we danced on New Year's Eve No I can't believe that we dressed up and danced for this I can't believe that we danced on New Year's Eve I can't believe that we dressed up and danced for this I can't believe that we danced on New Year's Eve now

If you wander down Dead River Road Reliving the memory of somebody else's ghost Who traded their soul for a bag of beans And cried on a stranger when the sun burned off their wings Photographing a painting of endless grace We're sharing the spare change And rearranging the stars where they got it wrong And our comfortable days play Our comfortable days play all night long If you hide out down Dead River Road Remember the branches break the tighter that you hold And shadows leave you when you rest I sleep like a baby beside the hornet's nest Photographing a painting of endless grace We're sharing the spare change And rearranging the stars where they got it wrong And our comfortable days play Our comfortable days play all night long Where have you gone, my blue-eyed darling? Out breaking mares on the western plains There's a smile on my lips for you every morning That's all the news that I've got today It's like everything has changed The clouds cried out the rain And every hour feels the same When night comes down Dead River Road And every window becomes an uncharged phone I fill up my fangs with summer's gold And scare off the nightmares before I get too old Photographing a painting of endless grace We're sharing the spare change And rearranging the stars where they got it wrong And our comfortable days play Our comfortable days play now Our comfortable days play all night long

Sang me a song of mine Sang me a song of mine Sang it behind a mask My words came out soft and matted And I will not bring them back How could I, how could I bring them back Sang me a song of mine I sang me Sang me a song of mine My voice came out a little cracked So I took my voice and went out cracker jacking And I jacked it down the track And I will not bring it back How could I, how could I bring it back How could I, how could I bring it back Sang me a song of mine I sang me Sang me a song of mine Bounced around the room and back And got my heart to flapping It went like, it's time to cut yourself some slack Cause you will not get this back How could I, how could I get this back How could I, how could I get this back Sang me a song of mine Sang me a song of mine I called it Bobby's Monument of Time And I taught that monument to rhyme This is no way everlasting Pages yellow, foundations fracture Or if you're lucky, you're wrapped in plaster And sat in empty rooms for children passing They will not bring you back How could they, how could they bring me back How could they ever, ever bring me back May I bless these saints I trample May I bless these saints I trample May I bless these saints I trample May I bless these saints I trample

Queen of Cans flipped the sand And sent me packing for western land And all my pleading and high demands Just came out like a hundred one goddams Take my name, take the band Leave me leave with what I can't understand I'd try to even out this highway tan if I ever turn it around So buddy let me brush that green grass on out of your hair In the still there's a silver strum ringing up into the air I could use some good news from the lord if you're willing to share And when the sun cracks his smile on Metairie Hats go back on the stone and the sea Won't you please leave the keys in the door for me when you get to the top of the stairs Me and Margo in the booth Purple velvet and a sweet tooth My sister's gotta get the baby soon You alright to drive me if that's cool Apart from time, in the nook She found my hand without needing to look I tell ya boys it was one for the books But it was all a dream So buddy let me brush that green grass on out of your hair In the still there's a silver strum ringing up into the air I could use some good news from the lord if you're willing to share And when the sun cracks his smile on Metairie Hats go back on the stone and the sea Won't you please leave the keys in the door for me when you get to the top of the stairs On the rails, on a tramp To some dystopian summer camp When it came time to meet my ends, all my students became my friends Falstaff woke me in the bunk, a lawsuit Gibson in a busted trunk His blue eyes shot right through my funk And said the truth will set you free So buddy let me brush that green grass on out of your hair In the still there's a silver strum ringing up into the air I could use some good news from the lord if you're willing to share And when the sun cracks his smile on Metairie Hats go back on the stone and the sea Won't you please leave the keys in the door for me when you get to the top of the stairs Bathtub cowboy in the corn Derivés a floral sherbetstorm Howling wisdom at the moon Will wompalomp your any anyhoo Crown jewel sank into the diamond stream White cranes came to sing and claim the queen I swear by every holy thing I've seen I am the door swung wide So buddy let me brush that green grass on out of your hair In the still there's a silver strum ringing up into the air I could use some good news from the lord if you're willing to share And when the sun cracks his smile on Metairie Hats go back on the stone and the sea Won't you please leave the keys in the door for me when you get to the top of the stairs Yeah won't you please leave the keys in the door for me when you get to the top of the stairs Yeah won't you please leave the keys in the door for me when you get to the top of the stairs

Oooh Aw yeah Luanne, don't you take that man Oh Luanne, just take that man He's gonna take you baby for everything that he can In a pool hall outside Little Rock Up walks Adonis after twelve o clock You ask him a drink You ask him to dance I'm sorry, miss, my cash isn't in these pants Luanne, don't you take that man Oh Luanne, don't you take that man He's gonna take you honey for everything that he can In a VFW outta Omaha A young Paul Newman with a better jaw You see them eyes You see that twist This one's gonna be hard to resist But Luanne, don't you take that man Oh Luanne, don't you take that man Cause he's gonna take you baby for every single thing that he can Ah take him now Play it now Bout last call round Bowling Green The finest thing you think you ever seen Slips off the ring Gives you a stare Good god almighty girl you better beware Luanne, don't you take that man Oh Luanne, don't you take that man He's gonna get you baby for every single thing that he can

Lay low, mmmm Lay low, mmmm The sun is setting soon Getting ready for the dark You settle down now too We'll have an early start Leave the lock down tight The thunder in the swamp The passing psychopomp So lay low, mmmm Lay low, mmmm Lay low, mmmm Lay low

There’s a woman driving this one She’s got embers in her eyes Tells the story of a fire of weathered love And the heat, the hope, the subtlety that in our silence speaks to me No god, no death, no void itself will ever see extinguished And I can see that what I thought was love Were flashing lights that fade and never kept me warm And oblivion rides with us and he speaks just like a song And he scares me but he swears he means no harm Meanwhile in Kathmandu outside of time I see the orrery of worlds, I see my life just like a snake, just like the road I stretch out in both directions From my mother to my end, every single road connects And I am one Open my eyes and greet the blacktop Saint of sailors steers us true And already I’m reminded of my grief And oblivion rides with us and he speaks just like a song And he scares me but he promises relief Meanwhile in Kathmandu outside of time I see the orrery of worlds, I see my life just like a snake, just like the road I stretch out in both directions From my mother to my end, every single road connects And I am one And Buddha’s in the park I know But where’s the son of man to go But back into the flow back to the highway Roll down the window And the universe feels the breeze