Realities

Christine Lavin. "Realities". The reality of me cannot compete with the dreams you have of her.. And the love you've given me is not as sweet as the feelings that she stirs..

High Heel Shoes

Christine Lavin. "High Heel Shoes". I'm getting dizzy way up here;. I haven't been this high in years.. Oh, whatever possessed me to. Blow eighty dollars on these high heel shoes..

Compass

Christine Lavin. "Compass". How can she say she's lost without him?. He's not a compass; he never was.. How can she say life has no meaning?. Life meant something before he came along; it still does..

Blind Dating Fun

Christine Lavin. "Blind Dating Fun". I broke up with my baby. Though it was the right thing to do,. It has left me languishing so lonesome and so blue..

Artificial Means

ARTIFICIAL MEANS. (Christine Lavin, Copyright Flip-A-Jig Music 1984). Johnny and Janie were the perfect married couple. But not in bed. Oh they tried taking drugs, How-To Books, even Dr. Ruth.

You Will Find Me

The beat is everywhere. lace dress in outerwear. you're gonna feel the heat inside. You know the right from wrong. you'd always acting strong. and try to keep the light inside.

Standing Here

Vers1. I've never seen a unicorn,. I've never felt this way before,. but someday I know I could fly up to the sky.. . Memories never die alone and all the things I want before,.

I Wanna Tell You Why

Verse 1:. Wherever you came from. Whatever you did and why. Without any feeling your eyes will be blind. And now its dark for a while. You left it all beside.

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it's burning and it's burning, it's burning,. a fire inside that i just don't believe. some call it anger, some say frustration. but i think i call this big greed.

Your Gravest Words

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been

A broken record has a thousand answers to countless contradictions.. Your condition is running through the streets again. now you've drained your thoughts onto an empty page.

Uptown Free Radio

Turnstiles

With a light of this match. I could burn this place to the ground. then fire engines'd scream down. crowded streets onto the scene. and then I'd make it rain numb myself.

Traditional

Take me out to the ballgame. Throw me down on the ground.. Buy me some panties and camoflauge.. Run me down with a rusty old dodge and let's root for good old America..

Tell You

There's No Place Like A Stranger's Floor

The Revisionist

the sway and swell. flee with her motion. red-gold across my arms. the vicious strokes i painted. a river fills your heart. i'm sorry if i let you down.

Where My Love Goes

[Intro]. My love goes out of my heart and into the wind. Out my guitar and under your skin. Into your house and out of your headphones. That's where my love goes.

The Raw And Searing Flesh

i never want to see you. in the raw and searing flesh. i don't ever want to hear you. singing softly to the dead. i never want to feel your skin. running warm along my side.

The Ramblin' Boys Of Pleasure

a million times a day. i try to fail or fail to try. it's an easy way to live. it's a lifeless way to die. i used to hear. "son, you've got a lot to learn".