- Babble On
What was that crack I made?
Swung a hammer wrapped in suede
Like a lick from a lunatic beatnik
Knock you senseless as I babble on
I strike between the lines
Hissing words in serpentine
Backbiter with an appetite
- Blue Light Special
Forty day tear, got road wear
No-doz breaking, breaking, breaker
Caffeine shakes, can't feel my legs
Three quarters dead, motel ahead
Just give me table and a single shed
Just give me cable and a single bed
Have a ray gun, sleep tight, son
- Coffee Can
Each night the dream began
We were sitting here, waiting on our coffee cans
Eyes fixed upon the skies
I was thinking of You, and if I qualified
Then when the trumpet blew
The reality hit, this wasn't pay-per-view
My can lifted up and out
- Lead the Way
I got a dash-mount compass that won't direct
I got a get-rich guru who calls collect
I got a psychic adviser saying, "Get a lifeguard"
I'm getting bad vibes off of your Deal-a-Meal card
Tell me why their words ring hollow
Lead the way, and I will follow
If you can lead me out of this maze
- Revelation
I've been up
And I've been down
But everything is just fine, fine, fine, fine, fine it's true
Tougher skin?
Guess again
But not because I don't try, try, try, try, I always do
And I don't want nobody
Telling me I'm nobody
- Shoeshine Johnny
Shoeshine Johnny's just doin' time
Settin' up shop at the five and dime
Seen a whole lot of miles, got a few more to go
Everyone says he's a humble man
Tell ya bout life like no one can
With a wink and a smile he'd let ya know
All kinda people come from miles around
Just to hear Johnny tell his stories
- The Lions Den
Once upon a time, in churches of old
The Velcro age had yet to unfold
Flannel was king and Sunday School knew
How to make those Bible heroes, stick like glue
How to make 'em stick with you
Flannel graph lions, mounted and mean
The Prophet Daniel in between
- This Old Man
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Remember me? 'Member me?
This old man, he plays one on one
He was your cool whip master, you were his B.C. son
This old man, he's got the smell of sin
He's got the nature of sin he was your actual, factual old sin nature
Mother praying, Jesus save the boy