1. SMALL TOWN MOON

I must have left a thousand times
But every day begin the same
Cause there's a small town in my mind
How can leave without hurting every one who made me
How can leave without hurting every one who made me

Oh baby, baby it's all about the moon
I wish you wouldn't have broke my camera
Cause we're gonna get real old
Real soon

Today we're younger than we ever gonna be
Today we're younger than we ever gonna be
Today we're younger than we ever gonna be

Stop! Stop, what's the hurry
Come on baby, don't you worry worry
Everybody not so nice nice
Everybody not so nice nice
Stop! Stop, what's the hurry
Come on baby, don't you worry worry
Everybody not so nice nice
Everybody not so nice nice

Thought you ought to know by now
I thought you ought to know by now
Everybody not so nice nice
Everybody not so nice nice

Oh baby, baby, baby it's all about the moon

I must have left a thousand times
But there's a small town in my mind
How can I leave without hurting every one who made me
How can I leave without hurting every one who made me
How can I leave without hurting every one who made me
How can I leave without hurting every one who made me
How can I leave without hurting every one who made me
How can I leave without hurting every one who made me


2. OH MARCELLO

Oh, Marcello
How I wonder
La Madonna she tell the truth
She's been saying I'll have a baby
When he grow up he become a killer

I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh lord please don't let me be misunderstood
Understood

Oh, Marcello
Never thought I'd really love you but I do so
My headwaiter's head on your platter
Just say the word and [?] I'll make you kiss my gutters

I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh lord please don't let me be misunderstood
Understood
Understood

I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh lord please don't let me be misunderstood
Understood
Understood

Oh, Marcello
Oh, Marcello

Oh, Marcello
How I wonder
La Madonna when she speak she tell the truth
She's been saying I'll have a baby
When he grow up he'll become a killer and kill everybody

I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh lord please don't let me be misunderstood
Understood
Understood

Oh, Marcello
Oh, Marcello


3. DON’T LEAVE ME (NE ME QUITTE PAS)

Down on Bowery they lose their
Ball-eyes and their lip-mouths in the night
And stumbling through the streets they say: "sir, do you have a light?"
And if you do then you're my friend
And if you don't then you're my foe
And if you are a deity of any sort
Then please don't go

Ne me quitte pas, mon cher
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas, mon cher
Ne me quitte pas

And down on Lexington they're wearing
New shoes stuck to aging feet
And close your eyes and open
And you'll recognize the aging street
And thing about how things were right
When they were young and veins were tight
And if you are the ghost of Christmas Past
Then wont you stay the night

Ne me quitte pas, mon cher
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas, mon cher
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas, mon cher
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas, mon cher
Ne me quitte pas

Down in Bronxy-Bronx the kids go
Sledding down snow-covered slopes
And frozen noses, frozen toes
And frozen city starts to glow
And yes, they know that it'll melt
And yes, the know New York will thaw
But if you are a friend of any sort
Then play along and catch a cold

Ne me quitte pas, mon cher
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas, mon cher
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas, mon cher
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas, mon cher
Ne me quitte pas

I love Paris in the rain
I love, I love, in the rain


4. FIREWOOD

The piano is not firewood yet
They try to remember but still they forget
That the heart beats in threes
Just like a waltz
And nothing can stop you from dancing

Rise from your cold hospital bed
You're not dying
Everyone knows you're going to live
So you might as well start trying

The piano is not firewood yet
But the cold does get cold
So it soon might be that
I'll take it apart, call up my friends
And we'll warm up our hands by the fire

Don't look so shocked
Don't judge so harsh
You don't know
You are only spying
Everyone knows it's going to hurt
But at least we'll get hurt trying

The piano is not firewood yet
But a heart can't be helped
And it gathers regret
Someday you'll wake up and feel a great pain
And you'll miss every toy you ever owned

You'll want to go back
You'll wish you were small
Nothing can slow the crying
You'll take the clock off of your wall
And you'll wish it was lying

Love what you have and you'll have more love
You're not dying
Everyone knows you're going to love
Though there's still no cure for crying


5. PATRON SAINT

She's the kind of girl who'll smash herself down in the night
She's the kind of girl who'll fracture her mind till it's light
She'll break her own heart and you know she'll break your heart too
So darling, let go of her hand

She's been skipping days, spilling her drinks in the sink
And you know, she's never coming home--never coming home again
But when she open her eyes eyes eyes
Beyond the chipping paint through the windowpane

Lies lies lies
Her patron saint, broken and lame
And absolutely insane for learning that true love exists
So darling, let go of her hand
So darling, let go of her hand
So darling, let go of her hand
So darling, let go of her hand
So darling, let go of her hand
So darling, let go of her hand
So darling, let go of her hand

You'll be to blame for playing this game
And learning that true love exists

She's the kind of girl who'll smash herself down in the night
She's the kind of girl who'll fracture her mind till it's light
She'll break her own heart and you know she'll break your heart too
So darling, let go of her hand
So darling, let go of her hand

You'll be to blame for playing this game
And learning that true love exists
Broken and lame
And learning that true love exists


6. HOW

How can I forget your love
How can I never see you again
There’s a time and place
For one more sweet embrace
And is time, ooh
when it all, ooh
Went wrong
I guess you know by now
That we will meet again somehow

Oh baby
How can I begin again
How can I try to love someone new
Someone who isn’t you
How can our love be true
When I’m not, ooh
I’m not over you

I guess you know by now
That we will meet again somehow

Time can come and take away the pain
But I just want my memories to remain
To see your face
To hear your voice
There’s not one moment I’d erase
You are a guest here now

So baby
How can I forget your love
How can I never see you again
How can I ever know why some stay and others go
When I don’t, ooh
I don’t want you to go

I guess I know by now
That we will meet again somehow

Time can come and wash away the pain
But I just want my mind to stay the same
To hear your voice
To see your face
There’s not one moment I’d erase
You are a guest here now

So baby
How can I forget your love
How can I never see you again


7. ALL THE ROWBOATS

All the rowboats in the paintings
They keep trying to row away
And the captains’ worried faces
Stay contorted and staring at the waves
They’ll keep hanging in their gold frames
For forever, forever and a day
All the rowboats in the oil paintings
They keep trying to row away, row away

Hear them whispering French and German
Dutch, Italian, and Latin
When no one’s looking I fetch a sculpture
Marble, gold, and soft as satin
But the most special are the most lonely
God, I pity the violins
In glass coffins they keep coughing
They’ve forgotten, forgotten how to sing, how to sing

First there’s lights out, then there’s lock up
Masterpieces serving maximum sentences
It’s their own fault for being timeless
There’s a price to pay and a consequence
All the galleries, the museums
Here’s your ticket, welcome to the tombs
They’re just public mausoleums
The living dead fill every room
But the most special are the most lonely
God, I pity the violins
In glass coffins they keep coughing
They’ve forgotten, forgotten how to sing

They will stay there in their gold frames
For forever, forever and a day
All the rowboats in the oil paintings
They keep trying to row away, row away

First there’s lights out, then there’s lock up
Masterpieces serving maximum sentences
It’s their own fault for being timeless
There’s a price to pay and a consequence
All the galleries, the museums
They will stay there forever and a day
All the rowboats in the oil paintings
They keep trying to row away, row away
All the rowboats in the oil paintings
They keep trying to row away, row away


8. BALLAD OF A POLITICIAN

A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
This is how it happens
Our carefully laid plans

Shake it, shake it baby
Shake your ass out in that street
You're gonna make us scream someday
You're gonna make it big

You love so deep, so tender
Your people and your land
You love them 'til they can't recall
Who they are again

Work it, work it baby
Work your way 'round that room
You're gonna make it big one day
You're gonna make a boom

But I am
But I am
But I am not a number, not a name

But I am
But I am
But I am a carefully laid plan

Shake what your mama gave you
You know that it won't last
You're gonna taste the ground real soon
You're gonna taste the grass

A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
This is how it happens
Our world under command

Shake it, shake it baby
Shake your ass out in that street
You're gonna make us scream someday
You're gonna make us weak

You're gonna make us scream someday
You're gonna make it big


9. OPEN

A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
This is how it happens
Our carefully laid plans

Shake it, shake it baby
Shake your ass out in that street
You're gonna make us scream someday
You're gonna make it big

You love so deep, so tender
Your people and your land
You love 'em 'til they can't recall
Who they are again

Work it, work it baby
Work your way 'round that room
You're gonna make it big one day
You're gonna make a boom

But I am
But I am
But I am not a number, not a name

But I am
But I am
But I am a carefully laid plan

Shake what your mama gave you
You know that it won't last
You're gonna taste the ground real soon
You're gonna taste the grass

A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
This is how it happens
Our world under command

Shake it, shake it baby
Shake your ass out in that street
You're gonna make us scream someday
You're gonna make us weak

You're gonna make us scream someday
You're gonna make it big


10. THE PARTY

You’re like a party somebody threw me
You taste like birthday
You look like New Years
You’re like a big parade through town
You leave such a mess but you’re so fun

Tell all the neighbors to start knocking down walls
To grab their guitars and run out to the hall
And we’re coming out right along to sing them my new song

For every place there is a bus
That’ll take you where you must
Start counting all your money and friends before you come back again

For every road we can retrace
For every memory we can’t face
For every name that’s been erased
Let’s have another round
May I propose a little toast
For all the ones who hurt the most
For all the friends that we have lost

Let’s give them one more round of applause
But you’re like a party somebody threw me
You taste like birthday
You look like New Year
You’re like a big parade through town
That leaves such a mess but you’re so fun


11. JESSICA

Jessica, wake up
Jessica, wake up
It's February again, we must get older, so wake up
I can't write a song for you
I'm out of melodies
I can't write a song for you
but I am asking please, Jessica, wake up
Jessica wake up
It's February again
It's February again, we must get older, now, so please wake up
We must get older now, so please wake up


BONUSTRACKS


12. CALL THEM BROTHERS

That's it, it's split, it won't recover
Just frame the halves and call them brothers
Find their fathers and their mothers
If you remember who they are

Over and over they call us their friends
Can't we find something else to pretend
Like nobody's won and we're safe at the end

In the darkness the film machine's spinning
So let's leave it on
We'll be out in the street
before anyone knows that we're gone

That's it, it's split, it can't recover
Just frame the halves and call them a whole
And chip at the bricks and fill up your pockets
With the pieces of the wall that you stole

The hunt is on, everyone's chasing
Everyone's chasing a shot
A shot rings out, nobody wants it
Nobody wants it to stop

That's it, it's split, it won't recover
Just frame the halves and call them brothers
Find your fathers and your mothers
If you remember who they are
If you remember, if you remember
if you remember who they are


13. THE PRAYER OF FRANCOIS VILLION

Poka Zemlya esche vertitsya,
Poka esche yarok svet,
Gospodi, day zhe tyi kazhdomu,
Chego u nego net:
Umnomu day golovu,
Truslivomu day konya,
Day schastlivomu deneg
I ne zabud pro menya.

Poka Zemlya esche vertitsya
Gospodi, tvoya vlast!
Day rvuschemusya k vlasti
Navlastvovatsya vslast,
Day peredyishku schedromu,
Hot do ishoda dnya.
Kainu day raskayanie
I ne zabud pro menya.

Ya veryu: tyi vse umeesh,
Ya veruyu v mudrost tvoyu,
Kak verit soldat ubityiy,
Chto on prozhivaet v rayu,
Kak verit kazhdoe uho
Tihim recham tvoim,
Kak veruem i myi sami,
Ne vedaya, chto tvorim!
Gospodi moy Bozhe,
Zelenoglazyiy moy!

Poka Zemlya esche vertitsya,
I eto ey stranno samoy,
Poka ey esche hvataet
Vremeni i ognya,
Day zhe tyi vsem ponemnogu
I ne zabud pro menya.
Day zhe tyi vsem ponemnogu
I ne zabud pro menya.


14. OLD JACKET

Ya mnogo let pidzhak noshu.
Davno potersya i ne nov on.
I ya zovu k sebe portnogo
I pereshit pidzhak proshu.

Ya govoryu emu shutya:
"Perekroite vse inache.
Sulit mne novyie udachi
Iskusstvo kroyki i shitya"

Ya poshutil. A on pidzhak
Serezno tak pereshivaet,
A sam-to vse perezhivaet:
Vdrug chto ne tak. Takoy chudak.

Odna zabota nayavu
V ego userde molchalivom:
Chtobyi ya vyiglyadel schastlivyim
V tom pidzhake. Poka zhivu.

On predstavlyaet eto tak:
Edva lish ya pidzhak primeryu -
Opyat v tvoyu lyubov poveryu
Kak byi ne tak. Takoy chudak.
Opyat v tvoyu lyubov poveryu
Kak byi ne tak. Takoy chudak.