I take all the time I need, and I don’t worry where I’m gonna sleep
‘Cause all the maps of the world, are bound to take me where I wanna be
When I need to get away, I travel in my sleep
And when I reach the Apple Tree they’ll fall around my feet
Well the cards have all been dealt, and I’m one of the jokers castin’ spells
I know sometimes I give you hell, but I only wish you well
Why must I draw a line, it’s a slow fade from day to night
Without sin without lies, I wonder what this life would be like
STRAIGHT TO MY HEAD (Egge)
Under feet red, sticky sweet red, the wine you make goes straight to my head
All the lights on, late at night on, as we go dancin’, dancin’ arm in arm
All you need is love tonight, I wanna be as soft as the air
I’ll disappear, right in front of your eyes I’ll disappear
Wound up tight, now squeeze me tight, and spin me out across the dance floor tonight
All you need is love tonight, I wanna be as soft as the air
Disappear before your eyes, and wake up with you in your bed
I wanna be as soft as the air, I’ll disappear, right in front of your eyes I’ll disappear
All the lights on, late at night on, as we go dancin’, dancin’ arm in arm
All you need is love tonight, I wanna be as soft as the air
Disappear before your eyes, and wake up with you in your bed
I wanna be with you tonight
VICTORIA (Egge)
Wake up Victorious, snow is fallin’
So softly, it’s glorious
Your life is callin’
Your life is callin’
MOTORCYCLE (Egge/Addabbo)
The world is small
Small enough, small enough for us
Let’s take a ride
On my motorcycle tonight
Let’s take a ride baby, alright
Let’s take a ride tonight
At high speed everything
Changes your mind
Oh maybe you’re right
I should take some time to decide
Let’s take a ride baby, alright
Let’s take a ride tonight
Let’s take a ride tonight
Sounds like escape
The sound that it makes
A hush in my ears
As I fly outta here
I wanna share what it feels like
All alone out there
Under my feet, through my hair
Anytime, anywhere
WEDDING DRESS (Egge)
Anne Marie lives in Kansas City
she’s a Christian she loves livin’ there
she says, “I’m flyin’ back to Brooklyn”
rolls her eyes and fixes her hair
Cleans houses with her Mom for work
goes to school and dreams of dirt
strives and tries to live life clean
but a loss of love sure can make you mean
“How could I begin to guess,” she says
“the life and times of a Wedding Dress,
bright and shiny like the sun
then sealed away like a secret shotgun.”
Jerry Gobel is an auto mechanic
born and raised just outside the scene
bright eyes in a jungle city
he never could really love Anne Marie
“How could I begin to guess,” he says
“the life and times of a Wedding Dress
bright and shiny like the sun
then sealed away like a secret shotgun
Grandma’s a Pentacostal
goes to Church most everyday
Anne Marie and her baby Mikey
a new reason to live and pray
SAILOR (Egge)
Answer me why don’t you answer
can’t you see, God I’m lonely
hole me tight, stay in side
I want you to be home with me everynight
All the stars are for one sailor
he sweeps the floors of the muddy water
all the stars are for one sailor
answer me why don’t you answer
can’t you see, God I’m lonely
why keep me where you can reach me
or are you lost and you just can’t tell me
All the stars are for one sailor
he sweeps the floors of the muddy water
Some questions are only to keep us thinkin’
the universe expands and we keep blinkin’
CLOSER TO THE MOTOR (Egge/Lepore)
Closer to the motor, closer to the hum
closer to the sum of all we’ve done
closer to the motor, the way it turns me over
relax and hold on tight
we could be rollin’ all night
how hot it gets in side
we could be rollin’ all night
Closer to the motor, closer to the edge
stars are flyin’ around my head
Burnin’ oil and gasoline
the fast we go the less we need
Closer to the motor, closer to the hum
closer to the sum of all we’ve done
closer to the motor, closer to the hum
we purr like tigers ’til we come come come
The way it turns me over
relax and hold on tight
we could be rollin’ all night
we’ll head out past the lights
just to hear that engine wine
BIRDS (Egge)
When the bough breaks
and the sun sinks
all the birds rise up
from the fields
and the trees
all the birds rise up to me
I will never be
just what you wish
in time you’ll see
it’s your wish not mine
The magic hour
of the day, begins
STONE BONE (Egge/Mercer/Spalter/Mayers)
Run down houses run outta town
nowhere to take my rest
the floor around me’s fallin’ down
rope around my neck
wrapped around my, neck
Stone bone, stone bone
build me a house of stone bone
stone bone, stone bone
build me a house of stone bone
Walkin’ in the dead of night
to where the river bends
I could hear you both just fine
every word you said
rope around me neck
My only friend’s the police man
he drives me to and fro’
if I ask him real nice
to turn on the radio
he’ll turn on, the radio
I live on the hill
where the lightnin’ strikes
nowhere to take my rest
the floor around me’s fallin’ down
rope around my neck
wrapped around my, neck
THE FLOOD (Egge/Colvin)
Only a story, about a little kid
she was so lonely, then she found a friend
how unexpected, where have you been
finally noticed me, when noone else did
Down my block, there’s a vacant lot
we race across to get to the climbin’ tree
hurry up, get your stuff and follow me
you’re the King and I’m the Queen
in our bare feet
The storm’s comin’, what if it’s the flood
what if all the houses, are washed away for good
We better get runnin’, the wind’s pickin’ up
water’s risin’, and fallin’ from above
Down my block, there’s a vacant lot
we race across to get to the climbin’ tree
hurry up, get your stuff and follow me
you’re the King and I’m the Queen
in our bare feet
sing to me, your life is but a dream
WAYS OF WAITING (Egge/Addabbo)
Standing in the cold, by the theater doors
just to see you step out and smile like you did before
’cause that’s all I want, ’til I need more
surprise your eyes my way and smile like you did before
These ways of waiting, the way it happened babe
the way it all turned out, was it all in vain
I’m one of many, out here frozen
these ways of waiting for the doors, to open
these ways of waiting
Now they’re rushing out, I won’t make a sound
’til I see your face and say your name out loud
My imagination, made me your girl
such a fascination, with your world
CITY OF LIBERTY (Egge)
Maybe it’s never been true, to say I’ll wait for you
why do I keep on findin’ myself stuck
where I can never love enough
The gift of the city of liberty
like a match, a new beginning
I’ve got this love for you, feels like it’s for me too
here it comes to the surface of my skin
my heart can hardly hold it in
The gift of the city of liberty
like a match, a new beginning
a gift to lift me, high above the city of liberty
We said goodnight in the mornin’, it was rainin’
it was pourin, both not knowin’ what to think
all tangled up, out on the street
