Metro, Chicago (IL)
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Metro, Chicago (IL)
- 1 . The World’s Fair
Lyrics
Cross your gate and skip a beat
Ring your bell and cross the street
Will you come and take a peek
Who’s there
Time will come suddenly
Change your life faithfully
Ride the wheel what will you see?
Is it me?
The worlds fair/anytime
Anytime you need
Roam the street, the people stare
Thru the gate we walk on air
As we stroll so/debonair
Arm in arm
Lights string out diamond keys
Water washes gentle things
Like washing hung to catch the breeze
From the west
The world’s fair…
And if you know you’ll never leave
And if you know you’ll never know
And what you know can never be
More than me and you
Let it ride/let it roll
Hold my breath/lose control
The world’s fair…
Stand in line and win a prize
Know yourself and get on by
Hold your hand up to the sky
For time
Sew my vote inside your coat
Comb the shadows for higher notes
Write to girls i never wrote
But keep in mind
The world’s fair…
In the state of holding hands
We take our leave, leave no demand
And build our love into the land
For all/who come behind
Cross your gate and skip a beat
Close the door and cross the street
Will you come and take a peek
As I leave
Let it ride/let it roll
Hold my breath/lose control - 2 . Black Irish
Lyrics
Emily, Emily I can’t, Emily
I can’t leave
So I climb, so I climb on your
So I climb, on your fire escape
In the rush of stealing what was mine
I stumbled on the notion of time lost
Emily, Emily I can’t, Emily
I can’t leave
Forgive me, not today
Forgive me stay in your sleep
Forgive me, not today
Forgive me stay
In the last hours of light
Your patient pantomime
Heals the stories that I tell
To myself/and no one else
No whisper on my mind
No tired arms that bind
Can steal you away/from me this time
Emily, Emily I can’t, Emily
I can’t leave
So I ride, so i ride on your
So I ride/on your hobby horse
Find this a better way
With brides dressed in white
With dreams of starting over right
A kindred soul I’m leaving
a past that i must fight
Discover my freedoms/up in lights
The kiss that is America
It’s babes dressed in blue
My wish of starting over/lies with you
Forgive me - 3 . Black Sox
Lyrics
On the south side they wait
For Shoeless Joe to come outside
And say hello to them
On the north side they wait
For Mordecai to come outside
And sign an autograph
Somebody listen, cause nobody cares
That the Black Sox are playing today
Somebody listen, cause nobody cares
That the Cubbies are playing their hearts out
Now somebody listen/cause somebody cares
That the Cubbies/are winning today
I’m not much for loving
But I’m all up for dares
Cause the wind is blowing cross my face - 4 . Friends As Lovers, Lovers As Friends
Lyrics
New York isle/wasn’t mine
Was it me/or just my kind
Spinning softly/and talking cheap
Cause there’s no place left to be
But a road that just goes on
To every leaving town
Friends as lovers
And lovers as friends
Shall we dance/into the night
As the jukebox moans/and pours us tight
Friends and lovers
And lovers and friends
Cause there’s no place left to be
Than wrapped around you now
In every passing town
Us as lovers/and us as friends
There’s no prayer/by a dashboard light
Flagging goals/and blowing signs
Cause they say/you are the one
And there’s no place left to be
Than where you stand right now
I walk these leaving towns
Friends as lovers
And lovers as friends
To your backI speak aloud
To your face/I’m only proud
We’re friends with lovers
And lovers with friends
Darling boy (she says)
You’re on my mind (she says)
I feel your skin (she says)
As if it’s mine (she says)
This pain is sweet/too sweet to touch
And there’s no place left to be
Than the shadow of your life
In everyone passing town
Friends and lovers
And lovers as friends - 5 . Say Goodbye
Lyrics
Some will go and never leave
Some will stay
And just can’t grieve from here
Some will go and make it near
Some will stay
And make it clear they’ll leave
They will leave/they will leave
They believe
Say goodbye…
I will stay and I can’t leave
I would go if I could grieve from here
I breathe the air but I don’t live
I live inside
And I just can’t care from here
I make this clear/I don’t believe
I can leave
Say goodbye…
Welcome back/welcome back
Find the road/check the door
Turn off the lights/wash the floor
Find the sun/catch the mood
Get some rest/hum the tune
Say goodbye…
Some will go and never leave
I must stay and show my faith in you
Call you up, you’re just not home
But when I’m home
You’re just not there for me
I make it clear
You just don’t see/you just don’t see
Say goodbye… - 6 . Prairie Song
Lyrics
I will sing for you/a Sunday song
Of a prairie lost/to open arms
Consider now the charms that you hold
Inside her belly gold
So follow me/where I go
To the stuff of sleep/and falling snow
I’m a simple man/I have no one
I walk the streets in dusk/to find the air
Sometimes I dream I’m alone
Asleep on the prairie grass
Now at last/now at last
The world will sing for us
Now at last/now at last
Upon the river dread/I drew forth
The very face of death/for her corpse
I played so all within
Would come and watch
A gaze away from her is what I’d bought
So follow me/where I go
To the stuff of sleep/and falling snow
As my city burns/her boulevards
I seal my love in fate/and now this comes
My prayers are real and I can’t rest
To watch prairie songs
From dragon’s breath
Now at last/now at last
The world will sing for us
Now at last/now at last
The world will sing for us
Now at last/now at last
City long ago/I was your son
I wed your daughter fair
And I was yours
You called me to come
And sift your roads
To sing prairie songs
And keep the cold
So follow me/where I go
To the stuff of sleep/and falling snow - 7 . Bobby Franks
Lyrics
Shave your face/and
Darn your socks/and
Brush your teeth/and
Comb your hair/and
Check your tie/and
Fix your watch
Somewhere I’ve been dreaming
Of a perfect gift
And despite the growing hour
I’m still restless
Take a left/make a right
Drive all night/never rest
Pull him out/push him in
You don’t know/Bobby Franks
Take a piece/and
Shine my eyes/and
Draw a map/and
Curse my thought/and
Call your man/and
Wind your clocks
Somewhere I’ve been dreaming
Of a lucky boy
And despite the growing hour
I’m still restless
Take a left/Make a right
Drive all night/Never rest
Pull him out/Push him in
You don’t know/Bobby franks
Somewhere I’ve been dreaming
Of a super man
Who finds his greatest powers
Unafraid
I’m unafraid/of Bobby Franks
Bobby Franks/Bobby Franks
Did Bobby ring? - 8 . White Lights
Lyrics
Straight down the line
Straight down the line
Straight down the line I find my peace
I’m gonna find
I’m gonna find
I’m gonna find my way back home
I don’t need just anybody
You and me we just ain’t got it good
White lights white city here I come
These days are mine
These days are mine
These days I find my strength in peace
To peace of mind?
Straight down the line
Straight down the line I’ll find my way
Back home
I don’t need just any body
Seems to me we just ain’t got it
White lights white city here I come
(fancy part)
White lights
White city
Here I come - 9 . Riverview
Lyrics
Does your mama know where you go at night?
Does your mama know where you go at night?
Meet me in the alleyway, hop into my suicide
We’re going to Riverview tonight baby
We’re going to Riverview tonight baby
It’s Northside/Southside/Westside/pick a side
It’s Northside/Southside/Westside/pick a side
We’re moving down western avenue at midnight
The shops are closed/the doors are locked tight
We’re coming down slow/riding on that Centerline
We’re going to Riverview tonight baby
We’re going to Riverview tonight baby
Aww let them sleep/just pull me inside
Aww let them sleep/just give me a ride
I’ve got the keys/we’re gonna walk the midway
I’ve got the keys/we’re gonna walk the midway
I swear it’s safe
You don’t have to run away
We’re going to Riverview tonight baby
We’re going to Riverview tonight baby - 10 . White City
Lyrics
White city/run your mouth tonight
White city/was it all for show
Cause everyone’s goin’
Everyone’s goin’ home
So give it up softly
Give it up as you go
To white city
Cause we don’t need/a lullaby
It’s time for me/to say goodbye
I’ve got to leave and go make good/so
How long should I wait?
How long should I wait?
How long should I wait?
On her wings/of love
In white city
White city/light the path to love
White city/show me how to go
Cause we don’t need/an alibi
It’s time for me/to say goodnight
I’ve got to leave/as if I should/so
How long should I wait?
How long should I wait?
How long should I wait?
On the wings/of her love
In white city - 11 . El-A-Noy
Lyrics
Come you sinners/tread light
Remember from where you came
Let your body, hollow
Forget her singsong name
It doesn’t matter/if you love her
Just don’t leave your shame
In El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
If you can see me/and hear my voice
Within these lake bound vines
All down the wabash/rushing past
Dead drunk and living time
Your stories/are forgotten
Your tales unkind
In El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
One day I will leave/someday I will go
I won’t come back, no
To El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
Restless children/in our streets
Let your love run blind
Lay your burdens/at her feet
Seek what you must find
In every answer/that beholds you
With every heart aligned
In El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
As a jewel/in her crown
Sits chicago town
Shining beacon/of a dream
That brought the stars right down
Let our skies fill/with steel titans
Let the dream be ours
In El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
One day I will leave/someday I will go
I won’t desire so/of El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
Come you sinners/tread low
Leave your past behind
For her winners/dead night
You can stand inside
Let your body/be hers now
Let your soul unwind
In El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
El-A-Noy - 12 . Columbus
Lyrics
Columbus sailed on many moons
On a sea of hope
I’ll be back it won’t be soon
With every word I wrote
It’s gone
A sentence in a dusty book
On a spartan shelf
The guards hold up her falling roof
With everything they know
It’s gone/gone/gone
Upon the shores of Avalon
A soldier rests his head
The birds pick up the sweetest spot
To build their lonely nest
It’s gone/gone/gone
It’s gone/gone/gone
Mother/I cried/mother/I cried
For us/for us
We pull the tree up by its roots
Its shade no longer full
The fish hide in the longest reeds
Ignoring their own rules
It’s gone/gone/gone
Spinning a new parasol
She gathered up the street
They used far too much dynamite
To bring 300 feet
Of the wheel/on down
Kaleidoscopes of spinning tales
That I’d one day write
The island fell to disrepair
It fell right from my sight
It’s gone/gone/gone
Gone/gone/gone
Mother/I cried/mother/I cried
For us/for us
The horses dug the deeper pits
With strength herefor not seen
We lived for gods we cannot see
They’re gone
And everything i ever loved
I loved way too song
A pauper plays his final act
Refusing to lose
It’s gone/gone/gone
The men we know to hoist a glass
To every fallen friend
They tore the castle down so quick
Never thinking of the end
It’s gone/gone/gone
Mother/I cried/mother/I cried
For us/for us
The years don’t need your oxygen
They need your summer gates
A temple to a single train
Delivered on the rust
It’s gone/gone/gone
He drew the lines upon her breast
Stopping to his eye
She stood and watched the ships come in
Passing on her left
They’re gone/gone/gone
I reach for their benevolence
Cast in endless gold
Our cold is pure will to change
When everything is sold
It’s gone/gone/gone
Gone/gone/gone
Mother/I cried/mother/I cried
For us/for us
In every house a story lies
And we begin again
Conductor cues the Danube waltz
As the swans begin to swim
It’s gone
Some would call this happiness
Others mere progress
I drew the stanzas best i could
From the basement chest
It’s gone/gone/gone
The pianos played so out of tune
Their lids were nailed shut
The tracks of a thousand wheels
Had all been given up/years ago
They’re gone/gone/gone
Mother/I cried/mother/I cried
For us/for us
Zion sends her signal out/out to outer space
God put me into his mouth
Like Jonah and the whale
I’m gone/gone/gone
A child was meant to lead us out
To show us where to rest
We found a spot beside her gaze
To watch the rockets bless us
It’s gone
I wore your heart inside my heart
Until it grew scarred in
The sergeant took the sharpest knife
To cut the bullets out/pinned to him
It’s gone/gone/gone
Mother/I cried/mother/I cried
For me/for you
And one day when they strip her bare
Down to copper form
Will you be still standing there
Wondering whatever for
They do that which they do
They should leave it all to you…
- 1 . The World’s Fair
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