CD 1


1. CREATURES OF HABIT

If the day wants to begin, you can let the day in
If the darkness has no end, light up the darkness
It ain't on what you can depend, it's who you can depend on

If the rain wants to come in, you can let the rain in
If the darkness is your friend, you can hold the darkness
And if it ain't what you got, you know you gotta have it

The grass gets greener all the time for creatures of habit

For creatures of habit

Look out here comes one more morning
Habits form without a warning
Love it can be habit-forming

Make your enemies your friends, and leap standing naked
It ain't how much you can take, it's how you take it

Look out, here comes one more morning
Habits form without a warning
Love it can be habit-forming for creatures of habit

Aww, look out
A habit's forming
It's just one more morning
For creatures of habit


2. I WILL STILL BE LAUGHING

Doorways open up and close
More ways to a punch line
They're all laughing at your clothes
Standing in the lunch line

You're the talk of the town
'Cause you're up, then you're down
It's a cycle, I've found
It always comes around

But I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing

Air raids in the afternoon
The children are playing
Switchblades, colored red balloons
No one hears you praying

And it comes back to you
All the things that you do
They'll come looking for you
They'll come looking for you

But I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing

Doorways lead to other rooms
Always leave you lying
Face down in a stranger's tomb
Didn't know you were dying

And you rise and you fall
And you wait for the call
You're watching the walls
You're watching the walls

But I will still be laughing
I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing
I will still be laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing

Laughing

I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing

Laughing


3. CLOSE

Almost gave up yesterday
Almost made it to the top
Fell short of dying just the other day
Fell short of picking up a mop

If it's the thought that counts, you can always count on me
I think about it all the time
It's gonna hit me like a bolt of white lightning
Here it comes, my peace of mind

'Cause I'm close, so close, so close
I'm close, so close, so close

Falling short of proving it
Just a hair from the truth
Little shy of improving it
But here I come, I'm coming through

Pretty soon I'm gonna shed this skin I'm wearing
I've been keeping it inside
No one cares just how you got there
No one cares how hard you tried

But you're close, so close, so close
You're close, so close, so close

I've known you forever
We complete each other's thoughts
Ain't like we never got in trouble
It's just we've never gotten caught

And if you've got a secret
It's in me you can confide
And if we ever get split up
I'll always be on your side

Cause we're close, so close, so close
We're close, so close, so close

So close (×2)


4. SEE YOU LATER

I guess I'll see you later
Sweet manipulator
And how I thank you dearly
For helping me see clearly

Yes sir, no sir, let me go
Sir, I don't even want to know
Sir, I've had all that I can take today

But I found out so long ago
It don't matter if it shows
And it's up in the air tonight
Yes it's up in the air tonight

Now you're anticipating
That nostalgia's waiting
With your social statement
Boxed up in the basement

Yes ma'am, no ma'am, let me go ma'am
I don't even give a damn
Ma'am, I suppose I'll stand another day

I booked my flight despite my plans
I hope this flight it never lands
And it's up in the air tonight
Yes it's up in the air tonight

'Cause I've got all night
To lie here on the floor
I got all night
Just like the night before
So make it soon
And I guess I'll see you later

I guess I'll see you later (×3)

See you, see you, see you, see you later, later, later, later

It's so up in the air tonight


5. NO TIME FOR WAITING

It's enough to make you stay
It's enough to make you go away
But you don't understand how I'm feeling
You don't understand, no, no

It's enough to make you sick
It's enough to make you want to quit
But you don't understand how I'm feeling
You don't understand my mind

It's sad when you can't cry
It all comes down to time
Keeps flying by
Time keeps telling me

There's no time for waiting
For the river to wash into the sea
And when I reach some understanding
I'm gonna let it wash all over? wash all over me

It's too much to make you say
That you always want it to be this way
But you don't understand this feeling
So why do I even try?

It's sad when you can't try
It all comes down to time
Keeps killing time
Time keeps healing

I've no time for waiting
For the river to wash into the sea
And when I reach some understanding
I'm gonna let it wash all over? wash all over me

But I know one day you'll see
The person I wanted to be
And there's no time for waiting
There's no time for waiting

Can't find the time (×2)

There's no time (×3)

Can't find the time

There's no time (×3)


6. BLOOD INTO WINE

Nothing happened
It's just two people passing through
Hearing voices in my head
Hope they never lie to you

Why's something always gotta be up with you?
Whatever I do is never enough
For someone like you

Passing through you all the time
Turning blood into wine

Turning blood into wine

Who'll forgive me?
Who's to say if it's right or wrong?
And you won't see me
In a light that shines on me

And how come something's always gotta be up with you?
Back on my feet but the night's getting long
Do you think about me too?

Turning blood into wine
It's passing through you all the time

Turning blood into wine

Three more days and you'll be hanging on the line
And if they ask you how I'm doing
Just tell 'em that I'm fine

Staying out all the time
Just turning blood into wine

Turning blood into wine

Blood into wine


7. LIES OF HATE

You make me fall from
Lies of hate
You make these walls from
Lines of a face

Nobody's watching so why do you act like a fake?

You make me crawl from
Lies of hate
You wake me up from
The lines that seperate

And when you shine
I know how to find out about
How to get out of it
How to get out of these chains

How to get out of it
How to get out of it
How to get out of this place

You make me fall from
Lies of hate

And when you shine
I know how to find out about
How to get out of it
How to get out of this chase

How to find out about
How to get out of it
How to get out of your space

How to get out of it
How to get out of it
How to get out of this place

How to find out about
How to go out without
Living the lies of hate


8. DRAGGIN' THE LAKE

Sent on a mission to find out just how much shit one man can take
Went to the river to swim upstream but got dragged into the lake

You're wide awake
But still you're dreaming
Of the pride it takes
It has no meaning

Am I still here
Can you see me, please say yes
Can you heal me, please say yes
When you watch over me, I am blessed

Now that you're all grown up
You're not so self-assured, you'll never know
Who do you answer to
When no one's hanging round to let it show?

You're wide awake
But still you're dreaming
The pride it takes
It has no meaning

Am I still here
Can you hear me, please say yes
Can you heal me, please say yes
When you watch over me, I am blessed

You're old enough to know better
Than to expect anything
Take care of yourself
You should know not to depend on anyone

Am I still here
Can you feel me, please say yes
Can you heal me, please say yes
When you watch over me, I am blessed

Am I still here
Can you see me, please say yes
Can you heal me, please say yes
When you watch over me, I am blessed


9. NEW YORK BLACKOUT

When you chew my ear off, try and let me know
You will never get another piece of me
'Cause in a New York blackout, things go kinda slow
And you miss the things you never thought you'd see

There's still so many things I want to be
Sometimes I just don't even want to sleep
In a New York blackout, it's so hard to see
All the angels that are looking after me

The lights bounce off the water in your eyes
And the dead lift their heads and come alive
And I may never escape this darkened city
Still I'm trying to find you in this blackout

Where it's warm inside and always open late
And the doors to hell look just like heaven's gate
And you never know what's going on inside
'Til you step out in the cold and seal your fate

And you might just stop in and say hello
But you've got much more important places to go

Make sure you let everybody know

That I may never enlight this darkened city
Still I'm trying to find you in this blackout

In this blackout (×2)

In a New York blackout, you might think I'm gone
But I'll wake up on the front steps of your door


10. THE GAME

(Do, do do do do, do do do do, do do do do)

My friend's wife, she plays the game
Plays it with me all the time
Makes me feel pretty good I guess
Hey, that's a pretty dress

But you shouldn't have
No, you shouldn't have
Let me know

No you shouldn't have
Really shouldn't have
Let it show

Play with me, don't play with me
Don't play
Play with me, don't play with me
Don't play

Don't you wanna play the game?

(Do do do do, do do, do do)

If I were a renegade
And you were the county line
Will I have to cross it now?
I got yours and you got mine

But you shouldn't have
No, you shouldn't have
Let it go

Play with me, don't play with me
Don't play
Play with me, don't play with me
Don't play

Don't you wanna play the game?

(Do do do do, do do, do do)

Jealousy is just a game
It ties you up and wraps around your brain
Makes you feel like you might hurt yourself
Makes you feel insane

Play with me, don't play with me
Don't play
Play with me, don't play with me
Don't play

Don't you wanna play the game? (×3)

(Do do do do, do do, do do
do, do do do do, do do, do do)

Do you wanna play the game?


11. CRADLE CHAIN

It's a shame you're not here
On the cross in my ear
Hearing things loud and clear
Come outside, have no fear

And clear the smoke, get some fresh air
Someone waits, someone cares
In the broad light of day
Trouble seems so far away

At the top of the day
When the reign sways

Lose the cradle chain
Give it up, give it a name
The child that remains
Nothing's lost, take these chains
Take them away

Please don't ask me how I am
A little tired, a little scared
I'm not amused, not upset
Don't need a leash, I'm not your pet

So loosen up, feel the breeze
Let me hear— hear you breathe
It's better than, bitter now
When you breathe, I love that sound

But you know I'll look after
You like no one

Lose the cradle chain
Give it up, give it a name
The child that remains
Nothing's lost, take these chains
Take them away

If I die before I wake
Light a fuse, bake a cake
I don't mind if I go
Make it quick, don't be slow

But you know I'll remember
You like no one

Lose the cradle chain
Give it up, give it a name
The smile that remains
Will take these chains away


CD 2 RECORDED LIVE AT THE PALAIS ROYALE


1. I SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN BED

I'm gonna stay in bed all day
I'm gonna stay in bed all day
And this could be my lucky day
Or it could turn to black
I might get lucky anyway
I might never come back

And it's too late for a wake up call
Too late for a wake up call

I'm gonna put it off today
I'm gonna put you off
Nothing I got to do today except for blow you off
My dreams are all just throwaways
My superstitions lack
I'm just unlucky anyway
All of my cats are black

Don't let the sun pass you by
Don't let it fall from the sky
Don't let the sunshine pass you by
Don't let the tear fall from your eye
I could have stayed in bed all day
I could have stayed in bed all day
Nothing I got to do today
I might just rise and shine

Don't let the sun pass you by
Don't let it fall from the sky
Don't let the sunshine pass you by
Don't let the tear fall from your eye
Its there each time I turn around I look away and you'll be gone
I could have done so many things
I could have stayed
I could have stayed

I should have stayed in bed all day
I should have stayed in bed all day


2. DIE IN YOUR ARMS

My dad must have been drinking the night I was conceived
A flailing lost delirious sperm
A seaman/[semen] lost at sea
But someway, somehow I found you and the journey has been long
A troubled somber singer who had finally found a song
And I don't wanna do you no harm
Yes I just wanna to die in your arms

The bitter fighting cold froze the waves within their tracks
Trapped beneath the ice never to come back
The skaters whirled, and twirled, and glided effortless in motion
Laughing in their blissful dance upon the frozen ocean

Am I the only one that this happens to
Does this mother know no other
Well my broher taught me enough about love to know you are my lover

The ice cracked and crackled
And from it steam would rise
Her wings spread far and wide had whisked away the sky
And though I cannot see her now I still look everyplace
Washed upon the shore and saved by your humbling grace
And I don't wanna do you no harm
Yes, I just wanna die in your arms

I just wanna die in your arms


3. STRAIGHT UP

We know the galaxy's full of black holes
We don’t know which ones have the pay tolls
Ooh take a look out, take a look inside
This is whole new kind of illusion
Based on a brand new kind of confusion
Built on wise decisions, based on foolish pride
And you wonder why you wasted all this time
Ooh trying to find gold in a salt mine
And now you reached the limit, but the limit is the sky

Ooh straight up one more, straight up one more time
Oh straight up one more, straight up one more time

This is a character assassination
This is a character that needs a vacation
Too soon, too long, too much for one mind
We got to step back and take inventory
You're only seeing one side of the story
And a good story is changing all the time
There is always one more sucker doing fine
One more trucker driving that white line
Delivering nothing to no one everywhere

Ooh straight up one more, straight up one more time
Oh straight up one more, straight up one more time

It's much easy to give up
It's much hard to get up
To another day just like yesterday
And this time there is no escape this time
And any explanation would be fine
And now you've reached your limit, but the limit is the sky

Oh straight up one more, straight up one more time (x4)


4. SOMEBODY TO SHOVE

Grandfather watches the grandfather clock
And the phone hasn't rang for so long
And the time flies by like a vulture in the sky
Suddenly he breaks into song

I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone
I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone

Hello, speak up, is there somebody there?
These hang-ups are getting me down
In a world frozen over with overexposure
Let's talk it over, let's go out and paint the town

'Cause I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone
'Cause I want somebody to shove
I need somebody to shove
I want somebody to shove me

You're a dream for insomniacs
Prize in the Cracker Jack
All the difference in the world is just a call away

And I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone
Yes I'm waiting by the phone
I'm waiting for you to call me? come call me
And tell me I'm? tell me I'm not alone

'Cause I want somebody to shove
I need somebody to shove
I want somebody to shove me

Yes I want somebody to shove
I need somebody to shove
I want somebody to shove me


5. CLOSER TO THE STARS

Caterpillar crawling up the big phone pole
Is there somebody that you want to talk to?
You know that pretty soon, you'll be able to fly
How is this going to affect you?

Do you think it might wreck you?
Your friends might reject you
Say you took it too far
You say you want to be, want to be, want to be, want to be

Hooked on glossy pictures and drugs I've never seen
Treat you with advice from a fashion magazine
One day she just walked into that magazine
I wonder if she'll ever come back

And they all said she would crack
They said her mind was one-track
Said she took it too far
You say you want to be, want to be, want to be, want to be

Closer to the stars

(Ahhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhh)

Every time you move your lips
Let me give you a few tips
Yesterday you were too young
Tomorrow you will be too old to regret all the things you've done

Who're you trying to hustle?
Somebody you wanna show your muscle
Second-hand excuses never went too far
What's this scene you're making?

Your ideas have been taken
We'll seek when you awaken, alone in someone's car
You just stood there shaking, you stood there shaking
They said you were faking

You say you want to be, want to be, want to be, want to be

Closer to the stars
Closer to the stars