1. HAPPY BLUES

I don't wanna be happy, if happy means I got to be like you
I don't wanna be happy, if happy means I got to be like you
Wake up in the mornin', try to satisfy somebody new

You make it sound so sweet, why do I always feel so sad
Make it sound so sweet, why do I always feel so sad
All the time I keep wonderin', whatever happened to the love I never had

I could be satisfied, if you would never ever call my name
I could be satisfied, if you would never ever call my name
I'm tired of your down-lookin', and I don't wanna play this losin' game

I don't wanna be happy, if happy means I got to be your friend
I don't wanna be happy, if happy means I got to be your friend
Take all I got to give, leave me out here on my own again


2. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

If you want love, you gotta love somebody
If you wanna be happy, stand in line
If you're feelin' lost, you better find somebody
And if you're lookin' for truth, don't tell lies

If you don't want problems, walk away (walk away)
If you hurt somebody, you know you're gonna have to pay
If you don't wanna dance, don't strut your stuff
And if you don't like fightin', don't play rough

Day in, day out, they will wear you down
Choose or lose, they turn your blues to brown
Float upstream as all your dreams go down

If you need somebody, you gotta let them know
It's all right, don't be afraid, to let it all let go
And it's all right, if you wanna be free
And if you can't love somebody, let them be

Daytime, nightime, lonely lifetime bound
Miles and miles of hopeful smiles, turned round
Float serene while all your dreams go down

If you're diggin' for gold, you gotta work real hard
Fly over the moon, you gotta go real far
If your heart say "Yes", then don't say "No"
And if you find what you're after, don't let go

Day in, day out, they will let you down
Miles and miles of hopeful smiles, turned round
Daytime, nightime, lonely lifetime bound
Float upstream as all your dreams go down

You gotta love somebody, better find someone


3. SHE WILL

Men who can't love are so predictable
Break your heart like they cross the street
Show you their wounds and make you vulnerable
Make you feel they really need you
Men who can't love will win you over
Casanova, he had a plan
Run you round, then he run you over
Run you out, maybe come back again

He will lead you to the higher ground
Tell you secrets that will make you whole
Leave an address where he can't be found
And a promise that will leave you cold
But he will feed you if you come around

Men who can't love will leave you lonely
Grow so distant, and be downright mean
And if you ask him, "Can we talk about it?"
He will answer, "Let's not make a scene"
Men who can't love hate to admit it
Make you wonder if it's all your fault
Women who fall have got their reasons
Make you guilty cause they love too much

If you tell him you could fall for him
He will say he doesn't want you to
And if you tell him you don't wanna go with him
He will make you feel it's somethin' you should do
He will make it so you just can't win

He will call you when you're almost home
Drag his voice across your mainline
Tell you everything'll be different
Just when you thought you had an answer
Women who love, you best be careful
Hide your purpose with your charity
Women who love - they make me nervous
Stay away, child, don't you mess with me

He will leave you out in "Nowhereland"
Searchin' for a man you never knew
You're a stranger in a foreign land
And there's nothin' that a girl can do
He will lead you out to "No Man's Land"
Start a fire that you can't control
Lay a minefield of impossible demands
Cross a border that you can't patrol
And tell you everything is in your hands


4. GRASPING FOR OBLIVION

Cezanne, the unloved prophet, found a dignity
The grace in everyone
He packed his reverence and his paints and went
Where no one else had gone
Such a lone-strung man was he
Solitary vision, dyin' to break free

And I hear the voices when you call
See the hero where you fall
You're the reason why I can't get old
You're the reason why I run
You're the reason why I come
I will be forever grasping your oblivion

Picasso in his world ruled over everything
There was no other way
How else could he face the Dons of history
And brush them all away
Such a potent man was he
Scandalized by nothing, perhaps what only he could see

And I hear the voices when you call
See the hero where you fall
You're the reason why I can't get old
You're the reason why I run
You're the reason why I come
I will be forever grasping your oblivion

A man is just a man until he finds himself
As part of something more
And even then he stops to ask himself
What it is he came here for
Such a wondering soul is me
Sure of barely nothing, except for my uncertainty

And I hear the voices when you call
See the hero where you fall
You're the reason why I can't get old
You're the reason why I run
You're the reason why I come
I will be forever grasping your oblivion


5. IF YOU WOULD HATE ME LESS, I WOULD LOVE YOU MORE

I'm havin' a daydream
Thinkin' of how it might have been
If we had not gone and lost our way (reads like a tragedy)
More than a memory
I have lost a part of me
I'd only just begun to know (and it's taken such a long time)

Your daggers wound me deeply
But if you would hurt me less I'd soothe you more
I would give myself so cheaply
If you could hate me less I'd love you more

Sister have mercy, come to me, take my hand
I am such a long way from home (and I'm cryin' out)
Love is a mystery, as the silent scream of loneliness
Is ever wont to know

Does suspicion rule unending
If you'd only doubt me less I'd trust you more
There's no use in our pretending
But if you would hate me less I'd love you more

Fear is the enemy, hurt and anger take their toll
They leave their mark on you (they mark me too)
Immune to your feelings, consciousness is blockin' the door
Did I tell you you are not alone

You're so anxious to condemn me
But if you would judge me less I'd serve you more
I don't want you to defend me
But if you could hate me less I'd love you more

Do you have to be so angry
If you'd only ask for less I'd give you more
Do you really wanna hang me
If you would hate me less I'd love you more


6. STROKE ME BLUES

Say everybody, have you heard
If you're in the game, then the stroke's the word
Don't take no rhythm, don't take no style
Got a thirst for killin', grab your vial...

Put your right hand out, give a firm handshake
Talk to me about that one big break
Spread your ear-pollution both far and wide
Keep your contributions by your side

Stroke me, stroke me
Could be a winner boy, you move quite well
Stroke me, stroke me
Say you're a winner, but man, you're just a sinner now

Put your left foot out, keep it all in place
Work your way right into my face
First you try to bed me, you make my backbone slide
When you find you bled me, skip on by

Stroke me, stroke me
Give me the business all night long
Stroke me, stroke me
Say you're a winner, but man, you're just a sinner now

Better listen now, it ain't no joke
Let your conscience fail ya, just do the stroke
Don'tcha take no chances, keep your eye on top
Do your fancy dances, you can't stop

Stroke me, baby, stroke me all night long
Stroke me, baby, like my back ain't got a bone
Could be a winner boy, you move quite well
Say you're a winner, but man, you're just a sinner now


7. MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY

More than words can say
Or the sweetest song that I can play
More than words can say
I love you now
More than you may know
From the simple ways I try to show you
More than words can say
I love you now

They can take you where they want
Will they bring you back
They can give you what they want
They can't give you everything

Walkin' down the road
Far away from home
Many miles to go
But it's all right
So much work to do
Before my day is through
But when I think of you
My spirits fly

They can hurt you if they want
How are you to know
Desert yo when you need them most
I will be there constantly

More than words can say
Or the sweetest song that I can play
More than words can say

But if I can't reach you now
What am I to do
If I can't reach you now
I will reach out constantly

More than words can say
Or the sweetest song that I can play
More than words can say
Try hard as I may
More than words can say
More with every passing day
More than words can say
I love you now


8. INFERNO

Started out at the break of dawn
Braved the woods fro the light of day
With a smile and a dream and a hope so warm
Half way home I had lost my way

Here in my world I circle round and round
Here in my world it's a long way down

I look up to the sky
I reach down in my heart where my feet tread on
Emptiness wherever I go
Where a good man will fall and a sinner may rise above
But one destiny we all will know

Everybody cries sometimes
Everybody hurts so bad
Tell me 'bout your hard times baby
I already been through that

Tamed three beasts who would do me harm
Sought a wise man to lead me to
Put my strength on a woman's arm
That ancient glory won't see you through

Here in my world fortune's wheel spins round
Here in my world I'm neither up nor down

Every virtue is sin set to rupture when doubt
Makes it easy to sacrifice the god you know
There's no comfort within - only pleasure without
As you realize there's one more circle yet to go

Everybody cries sometimes
Everybody's got their cross to bear
Spit up all your hard luck baby
Life can treat you so unfair
Catch you when you're not aware

Cache your valuables in the vault
Choose your morals or loyalty
Humanity is your own damn fault
Though it's not what we choose to be

Lack of hope breeds desire and you sacrifice
Everything to satisfy the urge to know
Be you guilty of love, or a penchant to falsify
We don't go where we don't want to go

Everybody cries sometimes
Everybody moves so bad
Tell me 'bout your hard times baby
I already tried all that

Everybody, sometimes
Gonna feel so sad
Have another drink my darlin'
Heaven knows I'll stand you that

Everybody, sometimes
Gonna feel so sad
Everybody, one time
Lord knows I'll drink to that


9. LONG WAY TO FALL

Off in the land of heroes and fables
A man would not think to decline
Wrapped in your arms I'd climb any mountain
But that's only half the climb
Follow the treasures of darkest desire
Dance with Medusa, but don't look in her eyes

It's a long, long way to fall, I won't go down
You took the wrong turn after all, I won't be there
Knowin' what I know, knowin' I got to go
Cause I don't believe

There was a time when I could forgive you
And laugh at those sad games we'd play
I always thought that you were the strong one
And you'd break the walls down one day
Follow the circle, you come round again
Land on my doorstep, but I can't let you in

It's a long, long way to fall, don't pull me down
You took the wrong turn after all, I won't be there
Knowin' what I know, showin' what doesn't show
Knowin' what I know
That I don't believe

I didn't lie when I said that I loved you
But you couldn't hope to believe
You can't come home to claim what you squandered
I've barely got room for my grief
Heart of the mineshaft the sun never shines
Lost in a minefield you might as well be blind

It's a long, long way to fall, I won't go down
You took the wrong train after all, I won't be there
Knowin' what I know, knowin' I've got to go
Knowin' what I know
That I don't believe, and I can't conceive
Now I just can't see you no more


10. RIVER

It's comin' on twilight, and all the world's at ease
They're pullin' down the curtains, sailin' off to sweet release
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
But me I'm not so quiet, I'm restless and I'm mean
I won't let you know I'm bleedin', that I'm crawlin on my knees
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
I made my baby cry

I tried hard to help her, let her do as she pleased
And I loved her so naughty, made her weak in the knees
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
We're so hard to handle, we're selfish and we're sad
And we throw away those precious things we work so hard to have
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so deep I would swim away from time
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
Do we have to say goodbye

It's comin' on daybreak, and everyone's at peace
They're dreamin' bout deliverance from the wounds that will not cease
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
But me I'm not so lucky, I'm anxious and I'm lean
I've made a tone of money but I can't buy out this scene
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river I skate away on
I have to say goodbye


11. Two

Happy birthday little man
On this night you are two
And I am far away, much farther than
I would ever be from you

You're my dearest little friend
And tonight I miss you more than most
As I rock myself, my arms my lonely cradle
Sometimes it makes me sad
Yet always I'm glad for knowing you

Good night my little man
Thought mine you'll never truly be
I will watch you grow
And maybe someday you will know
How very, very much you mean to me

It's been a happy day
You've learned what presents are
But the greatest gift by far
Is the presence that you bring

Sleep tight, my little man
And fill your days with wonder
Of kites and sand castles and colored elephants
So many wondrous elements

Be safe and happy with your dreams
And smile that special smile that says
For all the world to see
"I see the world fro all it's meant to be
And know that all of it is meant for me"