Jay Farrar

Dream of better lives the kind which never hates
Trapped in a state of imaginary grace
I made a pilgrimage to save this humans race
Never comprehending the race has long gone bye.

If you want to destroy my sweater
Hold this thread as I walk away.
Watch me unravel.

Did you ever wake up to find
A day that broke up your mind
Destroyed your notion of circular time
It's just that demon life has got you in it's sway.

Whomsoever I've cured, I've sickened now
And whomsoever I've cradled, I've put you down
I'm a search light soul they say
But I can't see it in the night

I'm only faking when I get it right
'Cause I fell on black days

Birmingham show was unbelievable. Set list was the rockingest I have heard from Jay and the guys. Great job and come again.

There you were all in white
Standing out in the broad daylight
Lookin' like a smoke signal
From heaven above

Out in the red rock desert
Sitting on the roof of my car
Drinking cans of warm beer
Watching the sky get dark
Gail and I shot our empties
With an old rusted rifle
Her golden hair went flying
Like a wild brush fire
When the mountains turn red at dusk

There's a story in our town
Of the prettiest girl around
Golden hair and eyes of blue
How those eyes could flash at you
Boys hung 'round her by the score
But she loved the boy next door
Who worked at the candy store

Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore
It's getting dark, too dark to see
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

I'm thinkin' 'bout the times you drove in my car
I'm thinkin' that I might have drove you too far
And I'm thinkin' 'bout the love that you laid on my table

Love is my badge, love is my badge.

A little spending money, money to burn
Money that you did not necessarily earn
Rainy days seem to wind up sunny
Long as you got a little spending money

Oh and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned

And while Lennon read a book of Marx
The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died

Lookin' over
The mountain's crown
The water roars
And tumbles down
Like you and me
And the road ahead

Ring my phone 'bout ten more times, we will see,
Find that broke down line and let it be.
Your wasted words will never be heard,
go on home baby and watch it on tv

Good old sunday morning, bells are ringing everywhere
Goin to Carolina, it won't be long and I'll be there

You're my blue sky, you're my sunny day
Lord, you know it makes me high when you turn your love my way
Turn your love my way, yeah