Up We Go Touch the hand, touch the heart Strike the flag and bar the door Beat the plowshares into swords March into eternity Hey hey up we go - hey hey up we go Men will build and men will fight Women know the awful truth Of husbands, sons and fathers lost Not to love but to conviction Hey hey up we go - hey hey up we go While righteous ones with wings of gold Seek to harvest what they’ve sown Their wagons piled with carrion high Into the misty eve withdraw ———Bridge——— Now boys in gray and boys in blue Boys clad in rags of other hue Hand in hand will all descend, soul to proffer, knee to bend To cower ‘neath the baleful eye Of she who sits in judgement Hey hey up we go - hey hey up we go In your closet as in mine A pas de deux with mournful glee Ahhh … the bones … they rattle so Those wind chimes of the dead Some come to dance upon your grave Some leave behind their bitter tears Others simply pause and stare Some come in supplication The aperture of truth shall show As middle distance comes to fore Lovers kneeling at your stone You beg of them to weep no more You beg of them to weep no more Hey hey up we go - hey hey up we go Hey hey up we go - hey hey up we go

Did You Ever Did you ever wake up in the morning And rub your aching head Tryin’ to remember just what you did Thinkin’ you’d be better off dead The light through the curtains hurts your eyes And your bed won’t stop its spin So you add last night to the list of things you swear you’ll never do again Did you ever wake up in the morning And wonder just how you got home Oh, you was havin’ so much fun When did things start to go wrong You can’t find your wallet, can’t find your keys Baby you can barely find the door So you add last night to the list of things you swear you won’t do no more Did you ever wake up in the morning And can’t remember her name What seemed so appealing late last night In the morning don’t look the same Did you ever wonder if she just might be thinkin’ The very same thing about you You both add last night to the list of things you swear you’ll never do Did you ever wake up in the morning And wonder what you did last night Something’s naggin’ in the back of your mind Something don’t seem quite right Did you ever wonder if you might have done somethin’ You might just later regret You better add last night to the list of things you haven’t even thought of yet Well my little list has grown into a book It sits up there on my shelf Page upon page upon page upon page Of admonitions to myself If I tok my own advice I’d be sittin’ In the middle of the room on the floor ‘Cause everything I do today are things I swore I’d never do no more Yeah everything I do today are things I swore I’d never do no more

Hard Fall I only miss you when I drink too much I never think of you at all I only miss you when I drink too much Well it’s good falls and bad falls and fallin' off the wall falls This is a hard fall for me This is a hard fall for me I only miss you when the sun comes up I never think of you at all I only miss you when the sun comes up I never think of you at all Well it’s high falls and low falls and fallin’ off the wagon falls This is a hard fall for me This is a hard fall for me I only miss you when I take a breath I never think of you at all I only miss you when I take a breath I never think of you at all Well it’s pitfalls and pratfalls and fallin’ from grace falls This is a hard fall for me This is a hard fall for me

I Don’t Mind Well you got me where you want me, baby You got me right under your thumb Yeah you got me where you want me baby I don’t mind The first one was free now wasn’t it, baby You still slide me a little from time to time Now you make me pay just a little don’t you, baby I don’t mind C It’s all right mama You don’t see me fightin’ too hard Don’t you worry ‘bout it, mama “Cause I don’t mind Ever since you was just a little bitty baby You always did get what you did want I’m just a bauble now for you, baby But I don’t mind Our situation is a little quixotic Some might even say it’s getting out of hand But I tend to be drawn to the more exotic You understand C The first cut was deepest now, baby But now I’ve built up a little scar You make me bleed just little don’t you, baby But I don’t mind ——— instrumental ——— C But it’s all right, mama You don’t see me fightin’ too hard Don’t you worry ‘bout me, mama I don’t mind Well I got you where I want you, baby Got myself right under your skin Never saw it comin’ now did you, baby….

Never Be Free Hello friend, I can sense you’re troubled - I can smell it on your soul Do you wonder just how you got here Could it be you had no place left to go It’s so nice to have someone to talk to - it’s so nice to have some company Just lean on back and take your comfort Time don’t mean too much ‘round here you see I once was thought to be a good man - but I fell hard and I fell fast I don’t know if I’ve yet hit bottom But I do know I’m still paying for my past Many days I’ve spent in reflection - man nights reliving what I’ve done Though I never was indicted Neither has my fate been mourned Will the next life be any different well I don’t know If you read the bible you might just think that’s so But I’m here to tell you there ain’t no guarantees It don’t matter what book you read Or which god you try to please You won’t never be free I once had a faithless lover - I had a temper, a bottle and a gun When I considered her indiscretions Bad things happened and I had to run So I ran ’til I could run no further - I made my stand when I could take no more When I saw just what had pursued me The hounds of hell were at my door Will the next life be any different well I don’t know If you read the bible you might just think that’s so But I’m here to tell you there ain’t no guarantees It don’t matter what book you read Or which god you try to please You won’t never be free Thank you friend for your attention - thanks for lending me your ear If you ever feel the need for your own confession Come on back, I’ll be right here ‘Cause this grave is dark and it’s cold and clammy - I get so lonely I could cry Don’t let no one ever tell you any different There ain’t nothing more a-waitin’ for you when you die Will the next life be any different well not for me You believe the bible you’ll have to just wait and see But I’m here to tell you there ain’t no guarantees It don’t matter what book you read Or which god you appease It don’t matter if you walk across the desert down on your knees You won’t never be free

Hurricane Woman Blues Got a Hurricane Woman - right about now she’s a Category Four Got a Hurricane Woman - right about now she’s a Category Four Better look out people She’s about to blow down my door Been pickin’ up steam since Monday - by Wednesday night she’s a howlin’ gale Been pickin’ up steam since Monday - by Wednesday night she’s a howlin’ gale I feel a bit like old Jonah Tossed around in the belly of that whale Well it’s rainin’ in my kitchen Tornadoes in the den I doubt this heavy weather Is ever gonna end Ooooo I’m not too good with my forecast anyway This ain’t just a cloudburst people Hurricane been goin’ on for days and days Flood water risin’ - my furniture is floatin’ all around Flood water risin’ - my furniture is floatin’ all around There’s a waterfall down the stairwell Think I’ll just go in the basement and drown Got a Hurricane Woman - that’s about all I got to say Got a Hurricane Woman - but I would not have it any other way ‘Cause when that storm blows over She loves me right… She loves me right… Whoa she loves me right… Every night and every day

Do You Ever Think Of Me You ever hear that old mockingbird early in the morning Singing from the power lines right outside your window I roll over to touch your cheek and you’re not there And I wonder do you ever think of me Yeah I wonder do you ever think of me You ever pour that first cup of coffee and sit out on your porch Watch the sun come up red through the trees, feel that heat comin’ on Looks like another sunny day - sunny for someone anyway And I wonder do you ever think of me Yeah I wonder do you ever think of me And when the breeze slides softly through your window Bringing with it the sweet scent of sacred desert rain Do you close your eyes again all those memories What changed in you, baby Changed in me too, baby You ever wonder in the evening, daylight fading down Just what became of all the hours between sleep and sleep How I long to kiss your mouth, to smell your fragrant hair And I wonder do you ever think of me Yeah I wonder do you ever think of me Oh I wonder do you ever think of me Yeah I wonder do you ever think of me

Find My Way Well I’m sittin’ here drinkin’ just like last night and the night before Guess I’m worried about somethin’ But right now I can’t remember just what I’m worryin’ for I know it’s gonna come to me sure as night time comes to day But ’til then I have this bottle to help me find my way Well I’m always short of money, I got no gas in my old truck And the politicians are runnin’ us all into the ground And peace on earth good will to all people - well brother there ain’t a lot of that to be found How I would love to make a little sense of it all - I guess what I’m tryin’ to say Is I’m so glad I have this bottle to help me find my way Now those of you who are chronically sober…you have no idea how nice it is To have a companion who is always at the ready to point out what ain’t and to illuminate what is You know, most of us had our first bottle when we were just little babies Seem only right and proper that we carry one to our graves I’m so glad I have this bottle to help me find my way Yes I’m so glad I have this bottle to help me find my way I’m so glad I have this bottle to help me find my way