Almost Handsome (T.Armour/J.Davis)

I started out a 'three' before I began to see a different light
The wrong shoes are on my feet, my hair is cut too neat and my pants too tight, much too tight
and my face looked just like a piece of leather

Started hitting bars with a credit and a ponytail
Just like a scene from a magazine in the mail - just can't fail
Right now I couldn't look much better

I'm almost handsome - I've got it made
Like the king of hearts or the jack of spades
I'm almost handsome - I'm right outside your door

I've always yearned to be a flower in a tree or a dove
Just like a breeze that blows with the tiny seeds of love from above
Right now is the time to be wicked

I'm almost handsome - I've got it made
Almost good lookin' - almost laid
I'm almost handsome - I'm right outside your door

I cut my way through the weeds and hay to better things
Like caviar, Italian cars and diamond rings fit for kings
Right now I couldn't look much better

I'm almost handsome - I've got it made
Like the king of hearts or the jack of spades
I'm almost handsome - I'm right outside your door

L.A. County Coroner (T.Armour/J.Davis)

I hope I never end up an anonymous donor
At the L.A. County Coroner where they lay you out flat
Things get slow when it rains
Folks don't feel like raising cain
The boys go home from the range
Wait for the shooting to start

Violence and sunshine mixes here like pills and wine
They'll do you in before your time

If your life turns to dust down a dead end alley
In the shadow of the valley
You know your time could run out fast

Violence and sunshine mixes here like pills and wine
They'll do you in before your time

I hope I never end up an anonymous stoner
At the L.A. County Coroner where they lay you out flat
So you better look back to the little town down the track
Where all the people just sit around with the ones they love

Violence and sunshine mixes here like pills and wine
They'll do you in before your time

Wash Away (T.Armour/J.Davis)

Long black cloud across this town
You know the time has come 'round
Too much greed, lust and hate
Wash away, wash away, wash away

Now the tale has grown obscene
On the boulevard of exhaust and dreams
When all our love has gone in vain
Wash away, wash away, wash away

Heard the church bell ring ten times or more
Saw a poor man sleep at a rich man's door
In a city street on a dark, dark day
Wash away, wash away, wash away

One Sunday morn when you look up
A cloud will come to fill your cup
Now you take care on that dreadful day
Wash away, wash away, wash away

I Was Warned (J.Davis)

Do you remember that railroad track -
The one we went down and never came back?
Do you remember that lonesome whine
As those trains moved down that line?

I used to think as I laid in bed
And ride those trains somewhere in my head
I'd fall asleep but now it almost seems
Those trains went and filled my dreams

Guns and gold - that's what we were told
You might find if you left that town
I guess someone lied - I never got inside
And it's a long way down

I was warned, I was warned
I was warned with a prayer and a kiss
I was warned, I was warned
I was warned I would end up like this
'Cause it's a long way down

I took a chance on the open road
I headed out where the neon glowed
One more dreamer and a thousand tears
Still hear those trains after all these years

Guns and gold - that's what we were told
You might find if you left that town
I guess someone lied - I never got inside
And it's a long way down

I was warned, I was warned
I was warned with a prayer and a kiss
I was warned, I was warned
I was warned I would end up like this
'Cause it's a long way down

Evangeline (T.Armour)

Your hair flows straight down to the sea
Your skin it smiles when it looks at me
You live on the edge of town
Your nose is strong, your skin is brown

You were built by love, you know its true
Even the priest, he looks at you
The Gods of course, they know your name
You probably were a horse when the World became

The proudest breast I've ever seen
Was over the heart of Evangeline
The proudest breast I've ever seen
Was over the heart of Evangeline

When the night comes on the marsh is still
Into the air it breathes a chill
You brother's friends, they stand in line
Their fingers crossed ever time

The proudest breast I've ever seen
Was over the heart of Evangeline

The proudest breast I've ever seen
Was over the heart of Evangeline

Detroit City Woman (T.Armour/J.Davis)

Father, your daughter is gone this morning
Swept far away from this land
She did shine but she shined too brightly
For she has fallen into jealous hands

She was a Detroit, a Detroit city woman
Now she's down in the cold, cold ground
She was a Detroit, a Detroit city woman
My tears are gonna fall upon this town

With a beautiful body and a mind from Heaven
And a face carved out by the Master's hand
She spoke the words that could free this whole nation
A love much too heavy for any foolish man

She was a Detroit, a Detroit city woman
Now she's down in the cold, cold ground
She was a Detroit, a Detroit city woman
My tears are gonna fall upon this town

I'm going back home to the Memramcook Valley
To walk the river and find the wind
With a lock of her hair safely in my pocket
I'm gonna ask the wind to bring her back again

She was a Detroit, a Detroit city woman
Now she's down in the cold, cold ground
She was a Detroit, a Detroit city woman
My tears are gonna fall upon this town

Real Time (S.Ryan)

Noises outside on the street
Windows closed to be sure
Sleep don't come fast in this heat
And watching the ceiling's no cure

Maybe we'll meet up this week
I'll call you later to confirm
'Cause here and now I'm not at my peak
I'm just helping my cigarettes burn

This story's sewn up, that's the end of the tale - in real time
The banner's come down, let the four winds prevail - in real time
No slow motion warning, no coloured sky storming
Finale that's truly sublime
The motions are made as the overheads fade - in real time

No light, no grey, no dark
They've all just faded away

The hour hand is moving too fast
And our hand is folding too soon
Sun's going down in the west
Make way for the new moon

This story's sewn up, that's the end of the tale - in real time
The banner's come down, let the four winds prevail - in real time
No slow motion warning, no coloured sky storming
Finale that's truly sublime
The motions are made as the overheads fade - in real time

Devil Woman Revisited (T.Armour/J.Davis)

Told Mary "Its over"
Left her shack by sea
Went lookin' for the Devil Woman
See if she'd still do me

I believe - Devil Woman
So much pleasure's gonna blow my mind yeah
I believe - Devil Woman
Don't want a woman I can talk to this time

Black spell has not been broken
Running back along the shore
For my sins with the Devil Woman
You know she gives me so much more

I believe - Devil Woman
So much pleasure's gonna blow my mind yeah
I believe - Devil Woman
Don't want a woman I can talk to this time

Told Mary - "Its over"
No longer care for her charms
I need the flesh of the Devil Woman
To hold her in these trembling arms

I believe - Devil Woman
So much pleasure's gonna blow my mind yeah
I believe - Devil Woman
Don't want a woman I can talk to this time

When I Got on This Highway (J.Davis)

When I got on this highway, Lord if I'd only known
When I got on this highway, should have turned and headed home
I followed the directions
And I drove along the line
But I forgot my destination
No one knew the place at all
I never found the exit sign

When I came across the border, Lord I felt like I had died
When I came across the border, Lord I hung my head and cried
I lied about my parents
And I lied about my age
I did not use my real name
No one here would ever know
I wrote myself off of the page

When I get off this highway, believe me you'll know when
When I get off this highway, you won't see me here again
Now I'm a stranger to my family
They don't recognize my face
I'm a stranger to myself
I'm still looking for that highway
To find my way out of this place

Tomorrow (R.Webber)

Faced with the night she is all alone
Waiting by the telephone
She can't drown her sorrow
Afraid that she might have to get away
Give it all up and leave today
A bitter pill to swallow

When everything don't turn out right
She doesn't have the strength to fight
The emptiness that waits for her tomorrow

Sorrow and pain always come her way
She never learns from mistakes she's made
She's always asking why
Everyone said it was a choice she made
I could have told her yesterday
But who's to say what's right?

When everything don't turn out right
She doesn't have the strength to fight
The emptiness that waits for her tomorrow

She never realized
How time had passed her by
The last tears that she cried
Fell for him in vain

When everything don't turn out right
She doesn't have the strength to fight
The emptiness that waits for her tomorrow

When everything don't turn out right
She doesn't have the strength to fight
The emptiness that waits for her tomorrow

Saviour (T.Armour/J.Davis)

I heard you started to fast
How long you think you can last
When you can't say her name
Without feeling the pain?

Now you're lost in this mess
I know you tried to confess
Yes, it's time to come clean
I think you know what I mean

You need someone to save your love
But you don't need a saviour
We all want a dangerous love
But no one knows, no one knows why

Now you've played out your hand
With your hand on your heart
You repeat the same creed
What you want, what you need

You need someone to save your love
But you don't need a saviour
We all want a dangerous love
But no one knows, no one knows why

There's so much more than you can wonder
It just has to be, it's an endless sea
You have to look at what is under
If you want to see what is now clear to me

Now you're dressed for the mass
Through which you must pass
You say you want it all back
I see you're still dressed in black

You need someone to save your love
But you don't need a saviour
We all want a dangerous love
But no one knows, no one knows why

Safety Valve (T.Armour)

Feeling something, feeling something deep inside
Feeling something, feeling something deep inside
That ain't nothing - just your foolish pride

Wanting something, wanting something don't know how
Wanting something, wanting something don't know how
Won't get nothing - that's the safety valve

Roll them back roads, roll them backwards full of strife
Down them backwards, down them backwards full of strife
Won't need nothing - nothing your whole life

That's the safety valve
That's the safety valve
That's the safety valve

Mindbreaker (T.Armour/J.Davis)

There's deep dark water that's covering me
And all these blind men want to teach me how to see
You get bitter dreams when you can't feel the wind
It's a mindbreaker baby, when they treat you like you've sinned

Now hate and confusion rule this house of dread
And what they call redemption served with your daily bread
They want to wear you down but I carry on
It's a mindbreaker baby, when one more day is gone

Well I've gone sixteen rounds just to clear my name
You can lay your wrath on me but I won't play your game
'Cause I've seen the truth down the barrel of your guns
It's a mindbreaker baby, when justice turns and runs