Sweet little doll

She's a sweet little doll
She makes me smile

My heart just breaks
With all the love that it makes

So I've been shaving off little bits
Keep them in a jar by the bed
But when the jar gets full
you know how jars get full
Where will all the love have to go?

So I'm digging a little trail
down the stairs past where they keep my mail
and out the door
Past the corner store
where a larger pool can form

And then one day
when a taxi passes my way
a passerby
will get splashed
And there my loving pool
Will make that fool
smile because that's how life can sometimes be

And with his newfound smile
he'll walk about for a while
And pass it on to all he meets
And in this dream,
my sweetest dream
he might run into a sweet little doll

Oh my sweet little doll
He'll make her smile
Like I make her smile

Oh my heart breaks
my heart aches
With all the love that it makes

I hope my love finds it's way to you.

Make you smile

I don't want to take you home
I just want to make you smile
I don't want to meet your mom
No I just want to make you smile

Cause if I'm honest
I don't really know you at all
So for now let's just wait and see
I just want to make you smile

So maybe I can take you out
and we can talk a while
I'll find out what you're about
and what it takes to make you smile

But if thing go well, who knows what may be?
But for now let's wait and see
I just want to make you smile

I've been collecting all these words
Nothing much just little things
when I say them out loud that just sound absurd
I'll put them together, little puzzles in my mind
give them to you and see what you might find

Maybe if I'm lucky
they might make you smile
Make you see how hard I've tried
and you'll stay a little while

But if I'm honest
This is really selfish and you'll see
I love to see that smile you smile
Because it brings out one in me

A little harder this time

I run my hand up your thigh
Trace the line with my eye
Let your hair fall on my chest
With your face and hands and all the rest
just a little harder this time
hit me just a little harder this time
just a little harder this time

There's too much beauty all around
the music gets lost in a mess of sound
scratches heal but deeper scar
leave twisted reminders of who we are
just a little harder this time
bite down just a little harder this time
just a little harder this time

Hold me down so that I know
you could hurt me but you won't
don't lose yourself and go too far
don't lose yourself and go too far
just a little harder this time
make sure I really feel it this time
just a little harder this time

I'll whip myself until I go numb...

The Pink Sky

I love the pink sky
reflected in your eyes
makes me feel just a little high
I love the pink sky

So lean back in your chair
Let the dew fall in your hair
Watch the pink sky turn down
As this big old world turns round
Watch the sky turn down
As this big old world turns round

Will you still hold my hand
as I finish my time upon this land
Hold the curtains high
so I can watch the pink sky
Hold the curtains high
I want to watch the pink sky

Will you hold me to your breast
So I can feel the heart beat in your chest
Please don't cry
We'll both live to see the pink sky
Please don't cry
We'll both live to see the pink sky

Singing Sad Songs

I hope that you're having fun
Me, I'm just sitting around
contemplating my shoes and listening to sounds
And singing sad songs that remind me of you
I've been singing sad songs that remind me of you

Oh, and I've found me a girl
A pretty little thing with strawberry curls
And she makes me feel alright
When I hear her speak in her sleep in the night
When i'm singing sad songs that remind me of you
I've been singing sad songs that remind me of you

Oh and she does all the things
That you did for me back when we were good
And she treats me the way
That I know a girl should
But at night I'm still singing, and it reminds me of you
I've been singing sad songs that remind me of you.

And I know I know I know that it breaks her pretty little heart
But I know that deep down inside there'll always be a part.
I know deep down there'll always be a part

That'll keep me singing sad songs that remind me of you.
I'll be singing sad songs that remind me of you
I'll be singing sad songs, my whole life through
I'll be singing sad songs... for you...

Redefined

I took your messages off my machine
It's just one of the ways I'm trying to wipe the slate clean.
I took your picture out of the frame
The one I took of you the night I called your name.

And nothing much has changed
But everything seems to feel so strange.

I wrote a letter that I'll never send
I wrote down all the things that could offend
I burned the letter when I finished the call
I cursed out loud and I punched the bedroom wall.

And nothing much has changed,
But everything seems to feel so strange
Now I see... the change was in me
I'm redefined as another ex-lover
A friend to call when you need to talk
A casual smile and a "wait and see"
Something more someday might be
But... as for now...

I'm moving on with my life
I'm cutting you out with a grin and a switchblade knife
I'm working hard so it won't take too long
I put my feelings down in a country song

I'm moving on with my life...

Good enough

Comfort is a dangerous thing
It makes me stay when I know I should go.
Thinking I know things'll get better
Get better again
But I know when the night is over
And routine takes over once more
That we'll kiss goodbye at the corner
and each go our own way.

I know that you're good enough
But just good enough
But honey I want to much more
I love you, you know that I do ,
But honey, is love good enough?

You're afraid of the change
Me, I'm afraid things'll just stay the same
Living day after day
While routine just wears us away.

I know that I'm good enough,
But just good enough
And honey I know you need more.
And you love me, that's plain to see,
But honey is love good enough?

We know that we're good enough,
but just good enough
And honey you know we need more
And I love you, and you know that I do
But honey, is that good enough?

Pretty Girls (Never have to open doors)

They never have to wait
They never have to stand in line
They always get to take their time
And you'll never say a thing

They never have to buy a drink
All they ever have to do is wink
It's easier than you think
They're taught in schools.

It's not a problem so don't get me wrong
I'll just do it again, when the next one comes along
Pretty girls never have to open dors.

They don't have to be great of mind
They just have to stay lookin' fine
You take the fruit, I'll suck the rinds
If it comes from you

They don't have to be rich.
No they they could even be a stone-cold bitch
But if they say they've got an itch,
I'll be there to scratch.

It's not a problem so don't get me wrong
I'll just do it again, when the next one comes along
Pretty girls never have to open doors.

Don't take me wrong I don't mind getting the tab,
I'm just tired of always hailing the cab.
Pretty girls never have to open doors.

Let's stay in tonight

We could call some friends
And get some drinks
Or we could take a walk
Through the city
And out onto the docks
But why bother?

Let's stay in tonight, light some candles.
and you can dim the lights, we'll drink some wine,
Until we're feeling right
Oh honey, let's stay in tonight.

Or we could go downtown, waste our money...
On things that catch our eyes, or on coffee...
And then we'll wind up home
Right back where we started

So let's stay in tonight, light some candles.
And you can dim the lights, we'll drink some wine,
Until we're feeling right
And I could leave it all, if you'd just hold me now
Or if you'd take my hand...

Please take my hand.

Let's stay in tonight.

Sunday Afternoon

Sunday Afternoon
Sunday Afternoon
No-one moves too fast
when there's nothing else to do

One by one
Line 'em up, knock 'em down.
Your favourite records
Take 'em off the shelf
Play them all.

On Sunday Afternoon...

One by one
Line 'em up, knock 'em down.
Brews and cocktails
Just taste better in the sun

On Sunday Afternoon...

Feronia

These moments keep passing away.
I try to capture them in photographs
But the camera can't catch the sun, the song
The camera cannot catch your laugh
But somehow I know I'll always know it's there.

Sweet Feronia,
When you're sleeping I can say the words
I cannot say when I know they'll come straight back
And when you're not there
I close my eyes I can almost feel my fingers running through your hair

Sweet Feronia,
Just give me one more try
To try and fix this in my minds eye.

Because these moments keep passing away
I try to capture them in photographs
But the camera can't catch the sun, the song
No the camera cannot catch your laugh
Your taste, your smell, the softness of your skin
The way you tease me when I get like this
Your taste, your smell, the way your hair blew in the wind
That summer night when we watched the sun go down

Sweet Feronia,
If this is meant to be I know it will be
If this is meant to be I know it will be

but these moments keep passing away...

Shine

Seems to you it's gone all wrong
Every day it's the same old song
It never seems to come out right
You're crying to me every night

You've got a job working for a fool
He calls you at home after school
I'm tired of hearing that your life is no fun
Just look around you feel the sun

Can't you see how it shines?
It's shining for you.

Throw off your frown put on your hat
I swear it's not as bad as all that
See little children dance in your yard
Shows you life doesn't have to be that hard.

Can't you see how they shine?
They're shining for you?
They're dancing for you.

So lie with me in the long grass
I promise they won't find us

And you'll see how we shine.
We'll shine right through.

Hear her singing

She says she's not musical
She says she has nothing to play
But I say she's musical
If you treat her the right way.

If you strum her just right
She'll hit the high notes until your fingers bleed
If you tickle her ivories
You just might catch her singing.

I've never played a guitar that told me to
I've never played a piano that told me when to
I've never known a woman that told me to
I've never known a woman that told me how to.

You hear her singing?
You hear her singing?

Letters from Sandy

Memories
Memories are fine
But they fade with time
Just like the warmth you've left behind

And you
You'll say that we're just fine
They say a stitch in time
In the future saves nine.

It's those letters from Sandy
That carry me through.

So make it
Make it all seem worthwhile
Make it all so nice
Take me back, just for a while.

Woodsmoke

Someday we'll be back from the road
Lined by trees
with a fire burning
and woodsmoke in our sweaters

Back from the road
In a little old rundown house
Back from the road
With a row of trees between us
And those who'll never know

And Saturday's a love seat and the CBC
Holding hands to walk through Sunday
And back from the road lined with trees.

Back from the road
In a little old rundown house
Back from the road
With a row of trees between us
And those who'll never know

Walking through the fallen windblown trees
With woodsmoke in our sweaters
Come close to me against the breeze
And you know you'll feel better
With woodsmoke in our sweaters.

Spin

Wheel - they're on the road again
Windows down and music playin'
We're rollin' along and along and along
As along we spin

Music - it's in our ears again
You know the one about that place
We're singin' along and along and along
As along we spin

Spin Spin Spin

Love - it's all around us now
It's holding my hands, it's turning the wheels
It's making me feel I feel I feel
Like I'm in a spin

Small City Skyline

Beautiful One
Walk with me
The stars will never burn as bright
as they do tonight...

Daytime she... (Nighttime she)

Daytime she is all business
With hair pulled back and dark-rimmed glasses
Nighttime she knows that I should go
But when I stay I know she won't say no

Daytime she calls me over
There's plenty between us to uncover
Nighttime she knows that I should go
But when she's in my arms I can't let go

My hands and feet are bound
With chains of gentle kisses
My escape is blocked on all sides
By walls of warm embraces.

Daytime she thinks it's absurd
That we can't come to say the word
But nighttime she knows that it's okay
That silence is sometimes pregnant with the things we've yet to say...

Such a Simple Way

I don't know how it all became so complicated
It used to be a simple thing when we communicated

And I remember there was such a simple way
If there was something I just had to say

I'd smile at you and I'd punch your arm
And you'd know I didn't mean you no harm
You'd look at me with a childish grin
And land a good hard kick to my shin
And we'd know we could be in love.

The more we gre, the more we were the same
We were both pieces in a complex game
And though we never understood the rules
They continued to rule over us.

And I remember there was such a simple way
If there was something I just had to say

I'd smile at you and I'd punch your arm
And you'd know I didn't mean you no harm
You'd look at me with a childish grin
And land a good hard kick to my shin
And we'd know we could be in love.

Giving it away for free

Six days
and five glorious nights
all this and more
for a low introductory price

You're giving it away for free
what's in it for you?
When you've given it all away
What will be left for you?

Act now, and you'll receive
Solutions to your problems
Skin deep is the way
We know how to solve them

You're giving it away for free
what's in it for you?
When you've given it all away
What will be left for you?

The Morning

Is this the same girl I once knew?
Whose curls I'd pull in the recess line
Just please don't turn and smile
Bring yourself to the morning.

And I promise I won't say a word
When you get up to head for the door
And I promise that I won't turn my head.

Is this the same girl I once knew
Whose curls I'd pull in the recess line?
Now she stares back at me with the morning sun
Gently setting accross her face.

And I promise I won't say a word
When I get up to head for the door
And I promise that I won't turn my head.

Innocence lost seems no price
To pay for this angel
Who'd have guessed after these long years
We'd find ourselves here

And I promise I won't say a word
When we get up to head for the door
And I promise that I won't turn my head.

Ease my mind

Seven days make a man weak
Seven days make this man weak
Fourteen days make a man to wonder
You say you're over me? How can this be?
I never felt you under

Seven days can make a man weep
Seven days can make this man weep
Fourteen days makes a man to cry
Did you ever stop to wonder?
Did you ever ask yourself why?

Oh Sarah, won't you ease my mind?
Oh Sarah, don't take your time
Oh Sarah, don't waste my time.
Oh Sarah, won't you ease my mind.

April

April, I wish I had the time
But again you've come too late
April if I only had the time
I think I'd like to start again.

April, I wish I had the time
For an hour's conversation
April, if I knew that you were mine
You'd be my only consideration.

April, you never seem to come
as soon as I might like
And April, you give me too much
It's more than I can take
It's more than I can take.

Where do we stand?

I've lost all sense of time
Except that it's slipping away
Swept under the rug.
And I don't really know
If I've ever really had a friend
Except now I'm alone

So when I say that I don't know
It means that I don't know
Where we should go
But I could use the company on the way

When you say that you don'know
And I've got nothing left to say
I've said it all before
And I don't really know
If I could call you more than a friend
Except now I'm alone.

So when I say that I don't know
It means that I don't know
Where we should go
But I could use the company on the way.