Peter Wolf

When I'm past the boulevards
Out here underneath the stars
I've been flyin' past the houses, farms and fields

Leavin' all I know, back home
Rushin' through the cold night air
I'm holding on to nothin' but the wheel

Stayin' clear of the interstates
I'm seekin' out these old two lanes
And tryin' to explain the way I feel

'Til all at once it's half past three
And it's down to the trust and me
And I'm holdin' on to nothing but the wheel

I've been trying to drive you off my mind
Let it that way be, I can leave it all behind

An' 41 goes on and on
And the lights go winding in the dawn
And the sky's the color now of polished steel

An' the only think I know for sure
You don't want me anymore
Then I'm holdin' on to nothing but the wheel

I've been trying to drive you off my mind
An' let it that way baby, I can leave it all behind

And the only thing I know for sure
Is that you don't want me anymore
An' I'm holdin' on to nothing but the wheel
An' I'm holdin' on to nothing but the wheel

Gettin' down old 41
An' 41 takes me on and on
An' the lights go winding in the dawn
An' I'm holdin' on in the corner, yeah

I'm holdin' on, holdin' on, holdin' on, holdin' on
An' the only thing I know for sure
Is you don't want me anymore
An' I'm holding on to nothin' but the wheel

Your love like wine
Tasting sweeter to me everyday

Your kiss,
divine and it melts the cold inside away

All of my life
I’ve been waiting for a love like this

And now that you’re here,
romance is just a second away

It’s gonna stay

Till the snowfalls on the Sahara
and the sun freezes over

Till the Mojave Red turns into blue

When my lungs get tired of breathing

And my heart stops its beating

Then I’ll stop loving you

And if the dark,
when there’s no one calling out your name

Well I’ll hold you so tight

And I’ll whisper to you once again and again

When the snowfalls on the Sahara
and the sun freezes over

When the Mojave Red turns into blue

When the music’s no longer playing
and the faithless stop praying

I’ll stop loving you

When the snowfalls on the Sahara (oh, oh)

And the sun freezes over

When the Mojave Red turns into blue
(that’s a long time)

When my lungs get tired of breathing

And my heart stops its beating

I’ll stop loving you

I don’t wanna miss a single heartbeat

Sometimes my words get in the way

But I hear your love just fine---

Just fine-----

And its gonna take a long time

When the snowfalls on the Sahara
and the sun freezes over

When the Mojave Red turns into blue
(that’s a long time)

When the music’s no longer playing
and the faithless stop praying

I’ll stop loving you

Peter Wolf (PW) and Shelby Lynne (SL)
PW
I think I won the fool's award today
The way I made my baby cry
I can't believe the stupid things I said
Well I know one good reason why
I know that life has got its ups and downs
I could take whatever comes around
But if you ever take your love from me
Now that would be the tragedy

SL
To give me love it comes so easily
I though we'd never have to hide
And all this hurtin' just ain't pleasin' me
Now it's washed up in the tide, yeah

Both
Now you can hit me with the wrecking ball
Throw me down the stairs and watch me fall
But if you ever take your love from me
Now that would be the tragedy

PW
Love's so mysterious, it always twists and it bends
SL
Oh, did I get my goodbye kiss, are you tellin' me
Both
This is the end?

PW
We watch the candle and it's burning low
And I just can't walk away
SL
I got so much inside for you to know baby
But there's a price I gotta pay

Both
And I know you wanna see me beg again
Ust to tell me this is the end
And if you never come back to me
Now that would be the tragedy
See me bending on my knees
A livin' breathin' tragedy

PW
Come on
You got me beggin' again girl
SL
Ah, get on your knees, baby
PW
I can't believe, I can't believe, I can't believe it
Tell that it's not the end
SL
You know it darlin'
Ah, yes it is
PW
Can't come back, can't come back (tragedy)
Can't come back, can't come back no I (tragedy)
SL
No no no no no no no (baby) tragedy
PW
Yeah, Don't leave me girl, don't look away
I must be a fool, baby
SL
It's too late
PW
Alright, let's let you get outta here
SL
I'm gone baby
PW
Oh, take me with you when you go

It's good to be out on the street again
Life is just passing by, time for another try
Sometimes you heal, sometimes you're scarred
I feel it come on sweet, I feel it come down Lord
I go where I want to go, I paid the price, yes I know

There's still time for the midnight wine
Life just has to happen going down the line
There's still time for the night so fine
And I don't know where I'm goin' to
But I know I'm gonna see it through

You set 'em up baby, I'll drink 'em down
This one's for the saints, this one's for the clowns
Hangin' there with me to the final call
We'll just let it ride, maybe we'll win it all
Back out on the street again, who knows where this night will end

And there's still time for the midnight wine
Life just has to happen going down the line
There's still time for the night so fine
And I don't know where I'm goin' to
But I know I'm gonna see it, I know I'm gonna see it through

Just when you think it's all over, huh,
Man that's when it all begins
Something always up there waitin', if you're willin'
And I'm willin'

All the time, in my mind, oooo, oooo, ummmm, mmmm

I'm gonna see it through (there's still time)
I'm gonna see it through (there's still time)
It's been so hard (there's still time)
Ooooo (there's still time)
There's still time (there's still time)
(there's still time, there's still time) Oooooo, I
(there's still time, there's still time) See it through
This time, This time
(there's still time, there's still time)
(there's still time, there's still time)Back on the street again
(there's still time, there's still time)
(there's still time, there's still time)Oooooo, baby still time
(there's still time, there's still time)
(there's still time, there's still time) To see just what else my dreams can do
That's all I need to see, that's all I need to see me
That's all I need to see me through

Life is so mysterious, I get a bit delirious
Earth beneath my feet starts moving so
Hurricanes and lightning, Lord I get so frightened
When the big wind comes, you gotta let it blow

I'm lyin' low, looking for another way to go
I'm lyin' low, everything's a gamble don't you know
Yes I know

Baby I was good for you, chopped a lot of wood for you
Let us not forget the time we had
But I believe in movin' on just before the love is gone
You gotta take the good time with the bad

I'm lyin' low, looking for another way to go
I'm lyin' low, everything's a gamble don't you know
Yes I know
Alright, come on baby
Give me a little guitar

Every day's a brand new day out along that long highway
There's always sometin' happenin' ahead
Pardon me for this goodby, I'll let you know the reason why
ther'es a lot of world to see, and then you're dead

I'm lyin' low, looking for another way to go
I'm lyin' low, everything's a gamble don't you know
Yes I know

Lyin' low
And I'm lyin' low
Ummmmm, alright

Peter Wolf (PW) and Neko Case (NC)

PW
Now is the time, while the soft wind is blowing
Now is the time, with the trees full of song
now is the time, while the wild world is turning
Lie down together in the green fields of summer
Hoping winter never comes

NC
Hold me right now with life all around us
Hold me right now in the heat of the day
Hold me right now this is our time together
And the green fields of summer will be ours forever
Hoping winter never comes

PW
Please hold me close beside you
Your eyes hold all the sky
NC
Hold sweet creation
This day will never die
Both
Will never die

NC
This is the time I will always remember
This is the time I will feel 'til I go
PW
This is the time I will carry down with me
When I'm lost and forgotten
In the cold fields of winter when summer never comes

Both
When I'm lost and forgotten
In the cold fields of winter when summer never comes

Is everybody ready? (Yeah!)
Is everybody ready? (Yeah!)
Is everybody ready? (Yeah!)
Thick as thieves!

Whoah!

Butch is walking down the street (Thick as thieves, thick as thieves)
Thinkin' I'm a piece of meat (Thick as thieves, thick as thieves)
Like to hang me on a hook, cut me up and call the cook
Keep them bastards 'way from me, I'm getting sick of thieves

Every monkey in the tree (Thick as thieves, thick as thieves)
Wants his cocoanuts for free (Thick as thieves, thick as thieves)
Never seen no monkey yet, makin' good on any debt
It's time to pay and they forget, I'm getting sick of thieves

Hey! hey! Whoah! Ow!

Slice 'em up!
Hey!

Known a lot of ladies fair (Thick as thieves, thick as thieves)
Swear I was an answered prayer (Thick as thieves, thick as thieves)
Times get tough and they get gone, take your last George Washington
Try and keep you on your knees, I'm gettin' sick of thieves

Alli Babba I believe (Thick as thieves, thick as thieves)
Had to deal with 40 thieves (Thick as thieves, thick as thieves)
And when you think your work is done, here comes #41
Always somthin' up their sleeves, I'm gettin' sick of thieves

Hey! Ow! Yeeah! Come on!
Hey! Hey! Hey!

Long time since we've been together
You knew life don't last forever
I wanna love you one more time

I'll hang around all over town
See if you're up, see if you're down
What can I do? I'm always asking for you

Tell me lies, I will believe them
Close my eyes, I'll take the bitter with the sweet

I hang around all over town
See if you're up, see if you're down
What can I do? I'm always asking for you

I walk the streets, I hope I find you
Ask people I meet, if they have seen you
The memories so sweet, I'm always asking for you

I walk the streets, I hope I find you
Ask people I meet, if they have seen you
The memories so sweet, I'm always asking for you

I hang around all over town
See if you're up, see if you're down
What can I do? I'm always asking for you
Asking for you

I see every teardrop fall
Some are born to feel it all
Oh, how they fall
I find dreams of yesterday
Time won't take them all away
But I can't stay

There's some thing on my mind
the way you loved me once upon a time
Love is always young and hot and blind
Then it leaves us all behind

One day lovers lie apart
Love gone cold will chill their heart
Why do we ever start?

There's some thing on my mind
the way you loved me once upon a time
Love is always young and hot and blind
Then it leaves us all behind

One day lovers lie apart
Love gone cold will chill their heart
Why do we ever start?

There's some thing on my mind
the way you loved me once upon a time
Love is always young and hot and blind
Then it leaves us all behind

Darkness leads to dawn
Then the night comes on
But we go on and on and on

There's some thing on my mind
the way you loved me once upon a time
Love is always young and hot and blind
Then it leaves us all behind
Then it leaves us all behind
Love gone cold will chill the heart
Why do we ever start?

"You know some people are always runnin' away from love. Huh, I guess
I've been doin' that for a long, long, long, long time. And when I
first met you at Audrey's house, well heck, you know I didn't think
much about it. But then I realized you were lookin' at me, and I was
lookin' at you. And you were lookin' at me, and I was lookin' at you.
And all of the sudden we were lookin' at each other together. But baby,
now I realize lovers can never say goodbye. So I was a fool, girl, to
let you walk away. I didn't care why I thought I'd find somebody else.
So, I told you girl, you go on and do your own thing. Now after a while
I realize the mistakes I made. You know I can't take back the words I
said, and I can't undo the things I've done. But tonight, you know
tonight, I'm sittin' here in the kitchen rappin' at the dog, sittin' all
alone in my underwear with a cold bologna sandwich and a confused,
confused heart. And let me tell you something. Oh, listen"

Call me, oh call me girl
I'm so lonely here

(Overnight highs, overnight lows, walking around, nowhere to go)
I got nowhere to go, girl
(Overnight highs, overnight lows,hobblin' down to the end of the road)

Oh darlin', I can't find no love anymore (no love anymore)
Here I am, I'm waiting
So call me, oh call me

"But here I am, sittin' in the same old place we always used to go. You
know I tired to call you three or four times. It's getting kinda late,
parking lot's empty (1 o'clock), you know they're puttin' all the chairs
on top of the tables (2 o'clock). Yeah, they're sweepin' up the floor
(3 o'clock). I'm waitin' for you baby. Are you gonna call me? (4 o'clock)
Ohhhhh, are you coming baby? (5 o'clock) (6 o'clock) It ain't feelin' so
good, yeah."

(Overnight highs, overnight lows, walking around, nowhere to go)
I got nowhere to go, girl
(Overnight highs, overnight lows,hobblin' down to the end of the road)

"Yeah, I'm still waiting for you, baby. I thought I'd put on some French
cologne and I'd check out my astrological forcast. You know I'm a
Pisces. We get kinda sensitive at times, but tonight the signs say you're
in for some good witchins. Give me a little bit of love candle, put it
all around my room. Fill the water bed. You and me, man, get a little hot
oil, do a little rub a dub dub dub dub. Put a little of that Grateful Dead
on, we'll jam, baby. We'll jam all night long just you and me. Holding
each other. I'm talking about ecstasy. We'll be rubbin' a little oil
over our tushes. Oh baby. Hold it man, what is this? I never felt that
on you before. Holy damn, no wonder. What happened? Wait a second..."

I was downtown last night, late last night
Man, she was kinda cool, damn, got me on the blast
Stars up above, yeah, take a little shove
High heel love ain't gonna last

Everything I do gonna be funky from now on, yeah
Everything I do gonna be funky from now on

I can be myself, I can do my thing
A little soul can't do no harm, yeah

Everything I do gonna be funky from now on, oh
Everything I do gonna be funky from now on

Now listen to me
Confusion in mind makes me want to shout
I walk around the streets like the odd man out
I got bing, bang, bing, bang do it all night, then
Honey, gonna get it down, do it just right

Sock it up, shoot it down
Sock it up, shoot it down, yeah

Everything, everything, everything
I said everything

Make coogly mogey, gonna do it all night, yeah
Everything I do gonna be funky from now on, yeah
Everything I do gonna be funky from now on
Everything I do gonna be funky from now on
Everything I do gonna be funky from now on

Everything I do gonna be funky from now on

She can't go back the way she came
But there's a part of her no one will evr tame
She likes to feel the flame

I don't try to change her, she's no danger
It's just the world gettin' stranger
And we all get confused

She's done everything she can
Remembers every road she ran
Lord, I understand

Don't try to changer her, she's no danger
It's jus the world gettin' stranger
And we all get confused

Now the wrong touch can kill her
And the right touch can still her
And the right love would fill her
With all that she needs

Life has a dark side
And life has a bright side
I'm in for the long ride
Wherever it leads

Don't try to changer her, she's no danger
It's jus the world gettin' stranger
And we all get confused

I pour the wine, I write the lines
To bring you back to me
I walk through the rhymes
And think of the times
When your love ran through me

The night comes down
You hit me so hard
It makes me feel
Like I played my last card
The night comes down
Wherever you are
And I need you (and I need you)

I get through the day, I make my way
I try not to stumble
The shadows grow long, things go wrong
My world starts to crumble

And the night come down

There is no salvation for the wonded heart
I stare into darkness until I come apart
Oh, yeah

Oh, I get through these days
I try not to stumble
The shadows grow long

(The night comes down) The night comes down
(The night comes down) The night comes down
(The night comes down) The night comes down
(The night comes down) (Hey, hey, hey, hey) The night comes down
(The night comes down)
(Hey, hey, hey, hey) Oh, yeah
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)
(On my my my way) I'll make my way
(On my my my way)
(On my my my way) The night comes down
(On my my my way) Oh, I'll make my way
(I'll find my way) I'll make my way
(I'll find my way)
(I'll find my way)

Peter Wolf (PW) and Merle Haggard (MH)

PW
Lovers, two by two on the avenue
Such a beautiful sight to see
But as they pass me by
It makes me wanna cry
'Cause I know it's too late for me

MH
It seems so long ago
When someone loved me so
And we we were both
Both so young and so free
I though I still could see
How good life used to be
And I know it's too late for me

PW
But days go by, the days go by
And there's a heartache I can't ease

Both
The nights come on
I'm all alone

MH
With just my precious memoris

PW
Now to me it seems
I've always lived in dreams
Of how how I wanted my, my life to be

MH
I wait 'til mornin' cold
There's nothin' left to hold
'Cause I know it's too late for me

PW
I wait 'til mornin' cold
There's nothin' left to hold
'Cause I know it's too late for me

Both
Oh yes, it's too late for me