1.Sister Nebraska
作詞：Colin Patrick Meloy
And in the midst of the explosion comin' down
You sit barefoot on your porch
And all the times you'd say we'd be sorry now
But I'm not sorry now, I'm not sorry now
You were talkin' 'bout the cornfields passin' by
Out the window of the bus and all the times you swore
That you'd get back there somehow
That's just talkin' loud, never thought I'd be here now
So, hey there, sister Nebraska
Sittin' there, sweetly pigeon toed
It's been a long cold winter
Now I'm comin' home
California's just a memory I've left behind
Colorado come and gone
The setting sun paints the rear view mirror red
As we start headin' south, it'll be any day now
Mountains fall away to leave us on the plains
As we relax into the ride
And all those unpaid bills, well, I left them all behind
'Cause I'm not turnin' back, all my bags are packed
Hey there, sister Nebraska
Sittin' there, sweetly pigeon-toed
It's been a long cold winter
Now I'm comin' home
This is gone and we've returned to what we left
Turned to pictures packed away
And I will call you up and say
'Ain't this life a riot？', and you will understand
And you will understand
Hey there, sister Nebraska
Sittin' there, sweetly pigeon toed
It's been a long cold winter
Now I'm comin' home
Now I'm comin' home
2.Mess Of Me
作詞：Colin Patrick Meloy
Take it down while you lie
It's been so long since I saw you there
And I will no longer be your whipping boy
It's taken me a long time
And it's taken me a long time
And you should know how the heart
Is made of the sum of the lover's parts
But me, I cannot allow this thing to disappear
Or lose it in the sunshine
Or lose it in the sunlight
And I came to tell you what I told you
Now you know this precious burden
On our shoulders, let it go and it took a long time
For picking up what we should have left behind
And that's bound to make a mess of me
So would you call or would you write？
Can't be harder than it is tonight
And I'm staring blankly at this paper moon
Shining at my slack jaw
And it's shining at my slack jaw
So send for me to your side
There's no stronger love than our love tonight
And I wear my heart upon my tennis shoes
Laces always untied
And I'm standing on the other side
3.Helena Won't Get Stoned
作詞：Colin Patrick Meloy
I'm out on a bender
Drink too much I might get you
You're out on a bender too
Sleep through the morning
Sheets of mine invite me
You sleep through the morning too
And it's only right
You should stay the night
Or stay a month or two
But Helena won't get stoned
Helena won't get stoned
I think it's part of her Catholic education
Helena won't get stoned
For good measure these chains
I wear they chafe me
Just for pleasure sure
Our Lady of the Rockies
Sweet virgin bliss surround me
Sportin' walkie talkies, yeah
You got your ears on baby
My soft old lady
Leave your past behind
But Helena won't get stoned
Helena won't get stoned
I think it's part of her Catholic education
Helena won't get stoned
And it's only right
You should stay the night
Or stay a month or two
But Helena won't get stoned
Helena won't get stoned
I think it's part of her Catholic education
Helena won't get stoned
4.Devil's Elbow
作詞：Colin Patrick Meloy
Stranded at the light house
I think I saw my sister there
Oregon in light house
We are conjuring the surf and waves
A path to reach the alcove
And me barefoot far behind
Passing by the white house
An old man was mowing his lawn
And when I woke
We're still present in my mind
It was some dream
Some dream
Matthew lead the consort
We all stoned in disbelief
Clambered up the hillside
And I am cursing my naked feet
There above the ridge-line
Amidst the plants so overgrown
A cavern mouth and trail way
We all crouched the capered through
And at the end there was a hole
Through which we looked
To such heights, to such heights
It was some dream
5.Neapolitan Bridesmaid
作詞：Colin Patrick Meloy
Joshua smiled, said
'Listen to reason
Don't blame me when the walls
Come tumbling down'
So I was adrift on the sea of longing
Awaiting the trumpets
To raise your ivory gown
And if only time will tell
Then I can't stand waiting
While the lights are changing on me
Tell it to my own free will
If I lost this thorn from my side
I think I'd die
Albert Camus said, 'Living is anguish'
But don't dare let those bastards
Carry you down
And if this is so then I see no reason
For spending the evening doing anything
But going down town
And if only time will tell
Then I can't stand waiting
While the lights are changing on me
Tell it to my own free will
If I lost this thorn from my side
I'd probably die, most likely die
I think I'd die
6.Mountains Of Mourne
作詞：Colin Patrick Meloy
Oh Mary, this London's a wonderful sight
There's people here working by day and by night
They don't sew potatoes nor barley nor wheat
There's gangs of them diggin' for gold in the street
At least when I asked them that's what I was told
So I took me a hand at this digging for gold
But for all that I've found there I might as well be
Where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea
You remember old Peter, old Auckland of course
He's here now at the head of the force
I saw him today he was crossing the strand
He stopped the whole line with a wave of his hand
And as we stood talking the days that are gone
The whole population of London looked on
But for all his fine powers he's wishful like me
To be where the dark Mournes sweep down to the sea
There's beautiful girls here oh, never you mind
With beautiful shapes that you never designed
With lovely complexions all roses and cream
Of all these fine flowers you venture to sip
You know they might all come away on your lip
So I'll wait for the wild rose that's waiting for me
Where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea
Oh Mary, this London's a wonderful sight
7.Weight Of The World
作詞：Lee Dixon, Jay Jenkins, Chadron Moore, Miguel . Scott, Zak Ry
Wallace, Jacoby White
Monday fell hard like the weight the world
Weighing down my shoulders
Tuesday, why do you stay so late？
This I can't abide
So I stand in line, so I wait in line
Everyone must honor their own anodyne
So I hang around, so I hang around
And now we hear the homeless philharmonic singin'
All of Charlie's Angels
To their heavenly convergence in the sky
You and me, come on let's hitch a ride
Paint me confused on a carnival cruise
This tortured ambulance chaser
But I'm cured
I got two feet on the floor
I guess that's all I need
So I stand in line so I wait in line
Everyone must honor their own anodyne
So I hang around, so I hang around
And now we hear the homeless philharmonic singin'
All of Charlie's Angels
To their heavenly convergence in the sky
I must confide
(I must confide)
I'm fit to be homeward rolling
A tune, beneath the wayward moon
Singin' me to sleep
And as the weekend's ending
With the weekdays pending
Having trouble comprehending
How I'll make it through
So I stand in line so I wait in line
Everyone must honor their own anodyne
So I hang around, so I hang around
And now we hear the homeless philharmonic singin'
All of Charlie's Angels
To their heavenly convergence in the sky
Suck it down we're all gonna hitch a ride
Monday fell hard like the weight of the world
Weighing down my shoulders
8.Save Yourself
作詞：Colin Patrick Meloy
Here there is no revelry
The sadness needs no leavening
So loose your boots
And sit yourself down
Deep inside the water tank
Over by the riverbank
There I saw my little girl
Drown
Call it a detour, ugly and impure
Save yourself
Where is the life line
Here on the highline
Save yourself
I came back here at 24
My friends all say
'What you're doing this for？'
Well my father died
And passed this shit to me
Rub my hands in turpentine
My prospect's now being undermined
With bankers knocking daily at my door
Call it a detour, ugly and impure
Save yourself
Where is the life line
Here on the highline
Save yourself
Lost inside the peloton
With the Jerry Lewis telethon
Ticking soft until I fall fast asleep
Slipped away with candlelight
Leather chaps and cattle drives
This is not the life I meant to lead
Call it a detour, ugly and impure
Save yourself
But where is the life line
Here on the highline
Save yourself
Save yourself
9.Your Own Kind
作詞：Colin Patrick Meloy
So lay back now, can't you
Let your mind unbraid you
Summer reading, this passage you like
So lay the lights low, can't you？
Let your soul unwind you
Drop the pages of the sheltering sky
And just ride the tumbling down
Your little nowhere town
It's takin' you back to your own kind
It's takin' you back to your own kind
Just ride and never believe we were to come this far
So, take yourself back to your own kind
Take yourself back to your own kind
Because my kind wasn't good enough
So amazed that just to hear your whisper
A little nervous now to safely return
So disregard my clumsy attempts to keep you smiling
But I'd forgotten what I thought I had learned
And just ride the tumbling down
Your little nowhere town
It's takin' you back to your own kind
It's takin' you back to your own kind
Just ride and never believe we were to come this far
So, take yourself back to your own kind
Take yourself back to your own kind
Because my kind wasn't good enough
So lay back now, can't you？
The summer sun can blind you
You play softly across the bend of your throat
No commitment to the, no agenda followed
Forget the sorrows that have dashed out your hope
And just ride the tumbling down
Your little nowhere town
It's takin' you back to your own kind
It's takin' you back to your own kind
Just ride and never believe we were to come this far
So, take yourself back to your own kind
Take yourself back to your own kind
Because my kind wasn't good enough
10.Keeping Me Awake
作詞：Colin Patrick Meloy
Summer, it came
Like a light across the highlands
And we laid it down
You wore a dress
Made of light from the islands
And we sent postcards home
In dying light
This was not to be forgotten
'Cause we are the chosen few
Into the sea
With the touch of softest cotton
Beneath this angel moon
It's been keeping me awake
Leaving this behind
Was my first mistake
And I'm not so strong
To be satisfied by all the things I've done
And the things it threw away
You wrote your name
As we lay among the heather
What you left behind
Following paths
That would lead us both together
Let us lose our minds
It's been keeping me awake
Leaving this behind
Was my first mistake
And I'm not so strong
To be satisfied by all the things I've done
By the things it threw away
Summer, it fell
And it coursed across the highlands
And so quickly gone
Your faded dress for years
Now tied away and silent
And the night's late lullaby
Has been keeping me awake
Leaving this behind
Was my first mistake
And I'm not so strong
To be satisfied by all the things I've done
By all the things it threw away
By all the things it threw away
By all the things it threw away
By all the things it threw away
11.Caroline Avenue
Things you said, were they true？
'Cause I haven't got a clue
And wouldn't know
If they were not true
'Cause I am here, paper doll
And I am waiting for your call
But I won't wait until tomorrow
So hard to mention
If you're in my shoes
But I'm tired of riding shotgun for you
As we glide down Caroline Avenue
Time will tell you
That you're thinking you're right
When you are wrong
And I'm thinking
That this evening won't last long, no no
'Cause I'm getting pretty tired
Of you waxing so inspired
'Bout the lights down Caroline Avenue
Serves you right, feel this way
Be so clinically deranged
That I won't stand for all of your bullshit
So take your time
'Cause we've got time
Remember, what is yours is mine
Don't let it slide by the wayside
Reeling from the tension
It's all ending here
And I'm chasing shots
Of whiskey with Everclear
As we glide down Caroline Avenue
Time will tell you
That you're thinking you're right
When you are wrong
And I'm thinking that this evening
Won't last long, no no
'Cause I'm getting pretty tired
Of you waxing so inspired
'Bout the lights down Caroline Avenue
And you're trying so hard
But it takes more than
Just flipping off traffic cops
To impress me
You underestimate me
Emptied out, falling free
It will all catch up with me
And I am in control and patient
But I will wait 'til you decide
It's all over for the time
And I will stay behind 'til you decide
Carry me 'til daylight
When your wisdom clears
'Til tomorrow finds me shoeless and jaded
As we glide down Caroline Avenue
Time will tell you
That you're thinking you're right
When you are wrong
And I'm thinking that this evening
Won't last long, no no
'Cause I'm getting pretty tired
Of you waxing so inspired
'bout the lights down Caroline Avenue
12.Following Camden Down
I'm straight wasted
It's a little alcohol on Sunday
And we are lost and found
The underground tonight
You're okay
Got your head screwed on right
Taking contraband
To meet the band tonight
Swim the length of serpentine
To meet you on the northern line
You and me following Camden down
Euston Square
Both of us rushing through turnstiles
And we are so naive
To think we believe this is right
And you say, 'I scored'
Buy that shit for a penny more
As we wind and wend through
Odds and ends tonight
Swim the length of serpentine
To meet you on the northern line
You and me following Camden down
Leicester Square has lost its fair
Pigeon painted silver after noon
Unless you've got something better to do
I'm sticking with you
And we'll wander the dark streets of London
The streets all wet
Looks like their closing up shop early
And all the mods and punks
Have bought their junk and are home
You're okay
You've got your head screwed on right
We are holding hands
To meet the band tonight
Swim the length of serpentine
To meet you on the northern line
You and me following Camden down
13.Candle
A candle for you, a strong wind
To guide you from the harbor
So take it with you to leave late
Either one will tell you
Which you never hope to find you
And leave low but I know
It will raise a wall
Between us so if you go
If you go, just go
So we made it this far, we're both tired
Distracted from the breakdown
I'll hold a candle to you, a raised glass
Another page is turning
With another candle burning
And left low but I know
It will raise a wall
Between us so if you go
If you go, just go
14.Never Will Marry
One morning
I rambled down by the sea shore
And the wind it did whistle
And the waves they did roar
I heard some fair maiden
Give a terrible cry
And it sounded so lonely
And it swept up so high
Said William to Molly
If you will agree
To give your consent, love
And marry me
For my mind is to marry
And never to part
For the first time I saw you
You wounded my heart
Go away from me, William
And leave me alone
'Cause I'm just a poor girl
And a long way from home
No, I never will marry
Nor be no man's wife
I'm content to live single
All the days of my life
The shoal in the ocean
Will be my death bed
With the fish in deep water
Swimmin' over my head
She cast her fair body
In the water so deep
And she closed her bonny blue eyes
Forever to sleep
15.Standing Still
An eight ball and two and all
Is how I measure the length that I must go
To outrun you standing still
A soft light and such delight
A nervous gesture
That dropped me to my knees
Now I wonder where you are tonight
A hard fall and through it all
I never felt so callous
A cut sleeve and to believe
And once again I walked home alone
This old world, it counts for nothing
I did all I could do
Now I won't accept your blessing
On this, our final night
Won't live to see the light
Of morning
So I cling to apron strings
As I recall my father's dying words
'Some girls are sweet
Some girls are wicked'
From this tree comes out red seed
An ugly cloister of flat foot, bookish boys
Who'd as soon kick you as kiss you
And this old world, it counts for nothing
I did all I could do
Now I won't accept your blessing
On this, our final night
I won't live to see the light
Of morning
An eight ball and two and all
Is how I measure the length that I must go
To outrun you standing still
16.If I Had More Time
Here is where I left you
It was to test you
Did you last that long？
So long
Now I understand you
But can't comprehend you
And do I need to work so hard
And I'd be on to you
If I had more time
Slow, and I will kiss you
I'll most likely miss you
It's been a long, long time
And now, won't you come over？
And like drunken rovers
We'll stumble 'round downtown
And I'd be on to you
If I had more time
Underneath your curtained window
I called out your name
If I had more time
Here is where I left you
It was to test you
And did you last that long？
So long
And now I understand you
But can't comprehend you
And do I need to work so hard
And I'd be on to you
If I had more time, more time
If I had more time
If I had more time
17.Am I Not Right？
Welcome to my head, pull up a chair
Allow yourself some room
Let down your hair
I'll impose on you the history
Of a wrong life
Of a wrong life
Lazy lacking speed applied the breaks
Learned to take to lick what beats we takes
Dropped the in London funding low
Am I not right？ Am I not right？
And knowledge, what's it know？
And wisdom, what's it know？
From the first to the last
I have a knack for setting fires
From the things I hold close
Am I not right？ Am I not right？
Lesson number one, don't trust a word
It's funny how the tiredest things get heard
I did not intend this painful state
It's too late now, it's too late now
And knowledge what's it know
And wisdom whats it's know
From the first to the last
I have a knack for setting fires
From the things I hold close
Am I not right？ Am I not right？
From the feast to the fast
I have a knack for setting fires
From the things I hold close
Am I not right？
18.Slow Down
Slow down
You're tripping on your laces
While you're climbing up your stairs
You got your moon boots a-buckled
You'll catch yourself pneumonia
But you're too caught up to care
Would you tell your heart to tell you
Just to slow down？
And it's all action
You're tearing out your hairpiece
Too much stress and angst to bear
But you are two toned
And faking this emotion just to
Keep your ankles bare
You tell your heart to tell you
But your heart has gone to hide
Would it say slow down？
Got to turn this volume down
Got your nose pierced
You're thinking 'bout your navel
But that's too much MTV
And you're all strung out
Your pretty little britches that are
Hanging below your knees
You tell your heart to tell you
But your heart has gone to hide
Would it say slow down？
Got to turn this volume down
Got to slow down
Got to turn this volume down
And I'd say
Night's cold calm your eyes down
Set 'em off to sleeping
Slow down you're wearing thin
From all this wax doll converting
And say slow down
You say tone down
You say slow down
Got to turn this volume down
I say slow down
Got to turn this volume down
Got to slow down
Got to turn this volume down
Say slow down, I say slow down
19.Tristan And Iseult
'Would you like to go out tonight？'
Said Tristan to Iseult
'It's a lovely night to go to the Odeon
Sit in the back row, sick of staying in'
So they threw on some clothes
Walked slowly down the street
Lit by lantern light
Through the market square
Studied the marquee
Bought two tickets and some popcorn
And on the screen, the hero stands
The female lead, hand in hand
And says, 'God I love you but you trouble me'
She pushes him away
And as the credits role
Tristan turned to Iseult
Said, 'What did ya think？'
'It was okay, I guess
That story's pretty old
It's a bit clich'd and hackneyed
I thought; I thought'
And back out on the street
They stopped for some ice cream
Talking quietly
There was nobody
In the room in which they sat
As he reached across the table
And just as their fingers caught
Timidly, he whispers to her and says
'God, I love you but you trouble me'
Said Tristan to Iseult
Said Tristan to Iseult
Said Tristan to Iseult
20.Better Half
Tender the light
I left you for your better half
Tender the light
I left you for your better half
It's not better by half
But, I'm not the only one
Who let you down
I'm not the only one who
I'm not the only one who
Turned your head around
Turned your upper down
Tender the light
I left you for your better half
Sweet was the wine
Sweet was the opium-fettered soul
Sweet was the wine
Sweet was the opium-fettered soul
And I lost control
But I'm not the only one
Who let you down
I'm not the only one who
I'm not the only one who
Turned your head around
Turned your upper down
Tender the light
I left you for your better half
Well, this is the light
List the coordinates of your heart
Oh, this is the light
This is the crankshaft of your car
It's not better by far
But, I'm not the only one
Who let you down
I'm not the only one who
I'm not the only one who
Turned your head around
Turned your upper down
Tender the light
I left you for your better half
I left you for your better half
I left you for your better half
21.Eva Luna
Eva Luna
Dressed down in a winter coat
Did turn your ear
Talking backwards
Words written in a sullen tone
Short and sincere
As light hits Brigadoon
The stolen interlude
Torn and battered
Thin and shattered
Spotlight on Eloise
Softly in between
Sweetly haggard
Darkly lacquered
A caution blows
On the good things
And the fine things
Impatience flows
If you take time
It's a fine line
Throw stones in the wishing well
What's next, you can never tell
The outline of what we've lived through
Sleep well but when you die
I'll say it serves you right
The outline of what's around you
Won't haunt you anymore now
Dulcinea never settled for simple crap
But I had no choice
Careening madly
It wasn't long before the sun went down
And I lost your voice
Night falls on Araby
Spoken ineffably
And these ankles, so newfangled
Dipped in Erigeron
Basil tarragon
Lost in chatter
Caught in fetters
Silence slows
As the light falls
It's a tough call
And so I fold
Would it take me
To know me？
Throw stones in the wishing well
What's next, you can never tell
The outline of what's around you
Sleep well but when you die
I'll say it serves you right
The outline of what we've been through
Won't haunt you anymore now
Liar
22.Kickaround
So I guess I'll make due
With all that was handed down
And shyly return
From this all night kickaround
Quiet and cursed
These tired bones demured
To shuffle it homeward
It's all I could endure
And have I waited too long
Or did I not wait long enough？
These old walls remind me
I guess I was hoping for something more
So lost in the live touch
Of comfort and company
And whisper so coy
And all that surrounded me
And after we walk
Down avenues endlessly
And stave the sunrise
From affirming our misery
And have I waited too long
Or did I not wait long enough？
I put it all behind me
I guess I was hoping for something more
I guess I was hoping for something more
23.This Rollercoaster Ride
These slick black suits and ties
Will open up your eyes
It's not the life you pictured
In your head
So sit back, take your time
It's slipping on the rise
If it happened once
It'll happen once again
And they're all ready to tell you lies
And they're all ready to tell you lies
So don't forget your ticket stub to ride
This rollercoaster ride
He who says, don't second guess
Is skipping all the rails
And ripping out
The stitches of your life
The barkers call the tolling bell
To strip your body bare
And whip you
Within inches of your life
And they're all ready to tell you lies
And they're all ready to tell you lies
So don't forget your ticket stub to ride
This rollercoaster ride
Threadbare, bones and all
Captain's never sleeping
They shake you
To make sure you're awake
Singin' toss that body overboard
Let's have another round
You've had plenty more than
You can take
And they're all ready to tell you lies
And they're all ready to tell you lies
So don't forget your ticket stub to ride
This rollercoaster ride
This rollercoaster ride
This rollercoaster ride
This rollercoaster ride
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