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℗&© 2012 UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC RECORDS, A DIVISION OFUMG RECORDINGS, INC., 1755 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10019.
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PRODUCED BY RICK RUBIN
1: ONCE FUTURE CARPENTER2: LIVE DIE
3: WINTER MY HEART4: PRETTY GIRL FROM MICHIGAN
5: I NEVER KNEW YOU6: FEBRUARY SEVEN
7: THROUGH MY PRAYERS8: DOWN WITH SHINE
9: A FATHER'S FIRST SPRING10: GERALDINE
11: PAUL NEWMAN THE DEMONS12: LIFE
I ain’t from Texas but I made my way from DallasAnd I know the lonesome sound is following
I ain’t a gambler but I can recognize a handAnd when to hold when queens are staring back at me
Once I was a carpenter and man my hands were callusedI could swing a metal mallet sure and straight
But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungryAnd I left the timbers rotting where they lay
Forever I will moveLike the world that turns beneath me
And when I lose my directionI’ll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the groundI’ll be ready to surrender
And remember we’re all in this togetherIf I live the life I’m given I won’t be scared to die
I don’t come from DetroitBut her diesel motors pulled me
And I followed ‘til I �nally lost my way
And now I spend my days in searchOf a woman we call Purpose
And if I ever pass back through her town I’d stay
Forever I will moveLike the world that turns beneath meAnd when I lose my directionI’ll look up to the sky
And when the black dress drags upon the groundI’ll be ready to surrenderAnd remember we’re all in this togetherIf I live the life I’m given I won’t be scared to die
And my life is but a coin pulled from an empty pocketDropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behindHope and fear go with itAnd the moon and the sun go spinningLike the numbers and the fruit before our eyes
Forever I will moveLike the world that turns beneath meAnd when I lose my directionI’ll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the groundI’ll be ready to surrenderAnd remember, well we’re all in this togetherIf I live the life I’m given I wont be scared to die
THE ONCE AND FUTURE CARPENTER01
4:56
It must be winter in my heartThere’s nothing warm in there at allI missed the summer and the spring
The floating yellow leaves of fall
A million colors �ll my eyes�e roman candles and the stars
�e calendar says July 4But it’s still winter in my heart
�ey say �owers bloom in springRed and golden, blue and pink�ey say seasons turn in time
�eirs are changing, why won’t mine?
It must be winter in my heartThere’s nothing warm in there at allI miss the summer and the springThe floating yellow leaves of fall
�e air in there is frigid coldI don’t know what the reasons are
�e calendar says August 1But it’s still winter in my heart
�ey say �owers bloom in springRed and golden, blue and pink�ey say seasons turn in time
�eirs are changing, why won’t mine?
It must be winter in my heartI don’t know what the reasons are
It must be winter in my heart
Can you not see what you’ve done?You gave your heart away like that
I didn’t want to fall in loveWith anyone, but you did
I can still hear the song�e melody behind the kiss you gave me
You were wrong, I was right, so I walked away
And left you there aloneI got so tired of talking on the telephone
How many times would we say the words ‘goodbye’?
I made mistakes, and one was telling you that I’d be thereWhen telling time had comeI should’ve said I didn’t care
Oh, the time I would have savedIf I had been less willing to accommodate
You’d been a little less likely to cry
You go back to the highlifeAnd I’ll go back to the low
I should’ve known, but now I know
There will be no word from youDescribing how it felt to go through
What I put you throughIt all makes perfect senseThe way you cut the ropeThat kept you dangling
From such pitiful amounts of hopeI would have cut it too
WINTER IN MY HEART0403
PRETTY GIRLFROM MICHIGAN
All it’ll take is just one momentAnd you can say ‘goodbye’ to how we had it planned
Fear like a habit, run like a rabbit out and away�rough the screen door to the unknown
,
‘
You and I, we’re the same, live and die, we’re the sameHear my voice, know my name, you and I, we’re the same
Left like a pharaoh, sing like a sparrow anywayEven if there is no land or love in sight
We bloom like roses, lead like Moses out and away�rough the bitter crowd to the daylight
You and I, we’re the same, live and die, we’re the sameYou rejoice, I complain, but you and I, we’re the sameLive and die, we’re the same, you and I, we’re the sameHear my voice, know my name, you and I, we’re the same
,
‘
You and I, we’re the same, live and die, we’re the sameYou rejoice, I complain, but you and I, we’re the sameLive and die, we’re the same, you and I, we’re the sameHear my voice, know my nameYou and I, you and I
LIVE AND DIE02
4:30 4:55
2:46
It must be winter in my heartThere’s nothing warm in there at allI missed the summer and the spring
The floating yellow leaves of fall
A million colors �ll my eyes�e roman candles and the stars
�e calendar says July 4But it’s still winter in my heart
�ey say �owers bloom in springRed and golden, blue and pink�ey say seasons turn in time
�eirs are changing, why won’t mine?
It must be winter in my heartThere’s nothing warm in there at allI miss the summer and the springThe floating yellow leaves of fall
�e air in there is frigid coldI don’t know what the reasons are
�e calendar says August 1But it’s still winter in my heart
�ey say �owers bloom in springRed and golden, blue and pink�ey say seasons turn in time
�eirs are changing, why won’t mine?
It must be winter in my heartI don’t know what the reasons are
It must be winter in my heart
Can you not see what you’ve done?You gave your heart away like that
I didn’t want to fall in loveWith anyone, but you did
I can still hear the song�e melody behind the kiss you gave me
You were wrong, I was right, so I walked away
And left you there aloneI got so tired of talking on the telephone
How many times would we say the words ‘goodbye’?
I made mistakes, and one was telling you that I’d be thereWhen telling time had comeI should’ve said I didn’t care
Oh, the time I would have savedIf I had been less willing to accommodate
You’d been a little less likely to cry
You go back to the highlifeAnd I’ll go back to the low
I should’ve known, but now I know
There will be no word from youDescribing how it felt to go through
What I put you throughIt all makes perfect senseThe way you cut the ropeThat kept you dangling
From such pitiful amounts of hopeI would have cut it too
WINTER IN MY HEART0403
PRETTY GIRLFROM MICHIGAN
All it’ll take is just one momentAnd you can say ‘goodbye’ to how we had it planned
Fear like a habit, run like a rabbit out and away�rough the screen door to the unknown
,
‘
You and I, we’re the same, live and die, we’re the sameHear my voice, know my name, you and I, we’re the same
Left like a pharaoh, sing like a sparrow anywayEven if there is no land or love in sight
We bloom like roses, lead like Moses out and away�rough the bitter crowd to the daylight
You and I, we’re the same, live and die, we’re the sameYou rejoice, I complain, but you and I, we’re the sameLive and die, we’re the same, you and I, we’re the sameHear my voice, know my name, you and I, we’re the same
,
‘
You and I, we’re the same, live and die, we’re the sameYou rejoice, I complain, but you and I, we’re the sameLive and die, we’re the same, you and I, we’re the sameHear my voice, know my nameYou and I, you and I
LIVE AND DIE02
4:30 4:55
2:46
It must be winter in my heartThere’s nothing warm in there at allI missed the summer and the spring
The floating yellow leaves of fall
A million colors �ll my eyes�e roman candles and the stars
�e calendar says July 4But it’s still winter in my heart
�ey say �owers bloom in springRed and golden, blue and pink�ey say seasons turn in time
�eirs are changing, why won’t mine?
It must be winter in my heartThere’s nothing warm in there at allI miss the summer and the springThe floating yellow leaves of fall
�e air in there is frigid coldI don’t know what the reasons are
�e calendar says August 1But it’s still winter in my heart
�ey say �owers bloom in springRed and golden, blue and pink�ey say seasons turn in time
�eirs are changing, why won’t mine?
It must be winter in my heartI don’t know what the reasons are
It must be winter in my heart
Can you not see what you’ve done?You gave your heart away like that
I didn’t want to fall in loveWith anyone, but you did
I can still hear the song�e melody behind the kiss you gave me
You were wrong, I was right, so I walked away
And left you there aloneI got so tired of talking on the telephone
How many times would we say the words ‘goodbye’?
I made mistakes, and one was telling you that I’d be thereWhen telling time had comeI should’ve said I didn’t care
Oh, the time I would have savedIf I had been less willing to accommodate
You’d been a little less likely to cry
You go back to the highlifeAnd I’ll go back to the low
I should’ve known, but now I know
There will be no word from youDescribing how it felt to go through
What I put you throughIt all makes perfect senseThe way you cut the ropeThat kept you dangling
From such pitiful amounts of hopeI would have cut it too
WINTER IN MY HEART0403
PRETTY GIRLFROM MICHIGAN
All it’ll take is just one momentAnd you can say ‘goodbye’ to how we had it planned
Fear like a habit, run like a rabbit out and away�rough the screen door to the unknown
,
‘
You and I, we’re the same, live and die, we’re the sameHear my voice, know my name, you and I, we’re the same
Left like a pharaoh, sing like a sparrow anywayEven if there is no land or love in sight
We bloom like roses, lead like Moses out and away�rough the bitter crowd to the daylight
You and I, we’re the same, live and die, we’re the sameYou rejoice, I complain, but you and I, we’re the sameLive and die, we’re the same, you and I, we’re the sameHear my voice, know my name, you and I, we’re the same
,
‘
You and I, we’re the same, live and die, we’re the sameYou rejoice, I complain, but you and I, we’re the sameLive and die, we’re the same, you and I, we’re the sameHear my voice, know my nameYou and I, you and I
LIVE AND DIE02
4:30 4:55
2:46
Well I guess it’s kind of funny howI loved you so way back when
You say I wouldn’t know you nowWell I didn’t even know you then
We change a lotAnd no one here can stop
�at train beforeIt gets to where it’s going
At all
So I guess it’s kind of funny howI loved you so way back when
You say I wouldn’t know you nowWell I didn’t even know you then
I heard about the company you’re keepingAnd from someone who didn’t have much interest
In keeping us apart
So I guess it’s kind of funny howI loved you so way back whenYou say I wouldn’t know you nowWell I didn’t even know you then
’
You know I lie, so it comes as no surpriseWhen I admit that I don’t really want to reunite
So I guess it’s kind of funny howI loved you so way back whenYou say I wouldn’t know you nowWell I didn’t even know you then
No, I didn’t even know you then
I NEVER KNEW YOU05
2:54
FEBRUARY SEVEN0706
THROUGH MY PRAYERSI went on the search for something true
I was almost there when I found youSooner than my fate was wroteA perfect blade, it slit my throat
And beads of lust released into the airWhen I awoke you were standing there
I was on the mend when I fell through�e sky around was anything but blue
I found as I regained my feet, a wound across my memory�at no amount of stitches would repairBut I awoke and you were standing there
There’s no fortune at the end of a roadThat has no end
There’s no returning to the spoilsOnce you’ve spoiled the thought of them
There’s no falling back to sleepOnce you’ve wakened from the dream
Now I’m rested and I’m ready to begin
I went on the search for something realTraded what I know for how I feel
But the ceiling and the walls collapsedUpon the darkness I was trapped
And as the last of breath was drawn from meLight broke in and brought me to my feet
There’s no fortune at the end of a roadThat has no end
There’s no returning to the spoilsOnce you’ve spoiled the thought of them
There’s no falling back to sleepOnce you’ve wakened from the dream
Now I’m rested and I’m ready to begin
I’m rested and I’m ready to begin
Hard to believe I won’t see you againWe were just �ghting when winter began
�e coldness of our wordsCompeting with the wind from the north
Still they make me shiverBut in a very different way
The pages of the calendar kept turning awayI have some better words now
But it’s too late to say them to you
My dream of all dreamsAnd my hope of all hopes
Is only to tell you and make sure you knowHow much I love you and how much I always did
And yes, I know you loved meI could see it in your eyes
And it was in your struggle and it was in your mindAnd it was in the smile you gave me when I was a kid
Every night after and every day sinceI found myself crying when the memory hits
Sometimes it knocks me downSometimes I can just put it away
Down in my mind where I don’t care to goThe pain of a lesson is letting me know
If you have love in your heartLet it show while you can
,
Down with the shine, the perfect shineThat poisons the well, and ruins my mind
I get took for a ride every timeDown with the glistening shine
It’s in with the new, and it’s out with the oldOut goes the warm, and in comes the cold
It’s the most predictable story toldIn with the young, out with the old
Down with the shine, the perfect shineThat poisons the well, and ruins my mind
I get took for a ride every timeDown with the glistening shine
A belly full of high-dollar wineA fat hand, a fat wallet too
�ings change and get strangeWith the movement of time
It’s happening right now to you
Down with the shine, the perfect shineThat poisons the well, and ruins my mindI get took for a ride every timeDown with the glistening shine
’ ,
�ere’s nothing good because nothing lastsAnd all that comes here, it comes here to passI would voice my pain but the change wouldn't lastAll that comes, it comes here to pass
Down with the shine, the perfect shineThat poisons the well, and ruins my mindI get took for a ride every timeDown with the glistening shine
I get took for a ride every timeDown with the glistening shine
DOWN WITH THE SHINE08
4:13 3:574:15 FEBRUARY SEVEN0706
THROUGH MY PRAYERSI went on the search for something true
I was almost there when I found youSooner than my fate was wroteA perfect blade, it slit my throat
And beads of lust released into the airWhen I awoke you were standing there
I was on the mend when I fell through�e sky around was anything but blue
I found as I regained my feet, a wound across my memory�at no amount of stitches would repairBut I awoke and you were standing there
There’s no fortune at the end of a roadThat has no end
There’s no returning to the spoilsOnce you’ve spoiled the thought of them
There’s no falling back to sleepOnce you’ve wakened from the dream
Now I’m rested and I’m ready to begin
I went on the search for something realTraded what I know for how I feel
But the ceiling and the walls collapsedUpon the darkness I was trapped
And as the last of breath was drawn from meLight broke in and brought me to my feet
There’s no fortune at the end of a roadThat has no end
There’s no returning to the spoilsOnce you’ve spoiled the thought of them
There’s no falling back to sleepOnce you’ve wakened from the dream
Now I’m rested and I’m ready to begin
I’m rested and I’m ready to begin
Hard to believe I won’t see you againWe were just �ghting when winter began
�e coldness of our wordsCompeting with the wind from the north
Still they make me shiverBut in a very different way
The pages of the calendar kept turning awayI have some better words now
But it’s too late to say them to you
My dream of all dreamsAnd my hope of all hopes
Is only to tell you and make sure you knowHow much I love you and how much I always did
And yes, I know you loved meI could see it in your eyes
And it was in your struggle and it was in your mindAnd it was in the smile you gave me when I was a kid
Every night after and every day sinceI found myself crying when the memory hits
Sometimes it knocks me downSometimes I can just put it away
Down in my mind where I don’t care to goThe pain of a lesson is letting me know
If you have love in your heartLet it show while you can
,
Down with the shine, the perfect shineThat poisons the well, and ruins my mind
I get took for a ride every timeDown with the glistening shine
It’s in with the new, and it’s out with the oldOut goes the warm, and in comes the cold
It’s the most predictable story toldIn with the young, out with the old
Down with the shine, the perfect shineThat poisons the well, and ruins my mind
I get took for a ride every timeDown with the glistening shine
A belly full of high-dollar wineA fat hand, a fat wallet too
�ings change and get strangeWith the movement of time
It’s happening right now to you
Down with the shine, the perfect shineThat poisons the well, and ruins my mindI get took for a ride every timeDown with the glistening shine
’ ,
�ere’s nothing good because nothing lastsAnd all that comes here, it comes here to passI would voice my pain but the change wouldn't lastAll that comes, it comes here to pass
Down with the shine, the perfect shineThat poisons the well, and ruins my mindI get took for a ride every timeDown with the glistening shine
I get took for a ride every timeDown with the glistening shine
DOWN WITH THE SHINE08
4:13 3:574:15 FEBRUARY SEVEN0706
THROUGH MY PRAYERSI went on the search for something true
I was almost there when I found youSooner than my fate was wroteA perfect blade, it slit my throat
And beads of lust released into the airWhen I awoke you were standing there
I was on the mend when I fell through�e sky around was anything but blue
I found as I regained my feet, a wound across my memory�at no amount of stitches would repairBut I awoke and you were standing there
There’s no fortune at the end of a roadThat has no end
There’s no returning to the spoilsOnce you’ve spoiled the thought of them
There’s no falling back to sleepOnce you’ve wakened from the dream
Now I’m rested and I’m ready to begin
I went on the search for something realTraded what I know for how I feel
But the ceiling and the walls collapsedUpon the darkness I was trapped
And as the last of breath was drawn from meLight broke in and brought me to my feet
There’s no fortune at the end of a roadThat has no end
There’s no returning to the spoilsOnce you’ve spoiled the thought of them
There’s no falling back to sleepOnce you’ve wakened from the dream
Now I’m rested and I’m ready to begin
I’m rested and I’m ready to begin
Hard to believe I won’t see you againWe were just �ghting when winter began
�e coldness of our wordsCompeting with the wind from the north
Still they make me shiverBut in a very different way
The pages of the calendar kept turning awayI have some better words now
But it’s too late to say them to you
My dream of all dreamsAnd my hope of all hopes
Is only to tell you and make sure you knowHow much I love you and how much I always did
And yes, I know you loved meI could see it in your eyes
And it was in your struggle and it was in your mindAnd it was in the smile you gave me when I was a kid
Every night after and every day sinceI found myself crying when the memory hits
Sometimes it knocks me downSometimes I can just put it away
Down in my mind where I don’t care to goThe pain of a lesson is letting me know
If you have love in your heartLet it show while you can
,
Down with the shine, the perfect shineThat poisons the well, and ruins my mind
I get took for a ride every timeDown with the glistening shine
It’s in with the new, and it’s out with the oldOut goes the warm, and in comes the cold
It’s the most predictable story toldIn with the young, out with the old
Down with the shine, the perfect shineThat poisons the well, and ruins my mind
I get took for a ride every timeDown with the glistening shine
A belly full of high-dollar wineA fat hand, a fat wallet too
�ings change and get strangeWith the movement of time
It’s happening right now to you
Down with the shine, the perfect shineThat poisons the well, and ruins my mindI get took for a ride every timeDown with the glistening shine
’ ,
�ere’s nothing good because nothing lastsAnd all that comes here, it comes here to passI would voice my pain but the change wouldn't lastAll that comes, it comes here to pass
Down with the shine, the perfect shineThat poisons the well, and ruins my mindI get took for a ride every timeDown with the glistening shine
I get took for a ride every timeDown with the glistening shine
DOWN WITH THE SHINE08
4:13 3:574:15
A FATHER’S FIRSTSPRING
1009
4:04 4:42
1:34 3:49GERALDINE
�e sweetest surrender of winterShe put up her �ag, it is waving
�e thunder of summer is rumbling in
I haven’t seen you in daysAnd my, how that feeling has changed
Oh, I have been homesick for you since we metI have been homesick for you
Now I’ve got to take to the skyAnd I’ll tell you what that means for you and I
If I die, it’s for you
I never lived ‘til I lived in your lightAnd my heart never beat like it does at the sight
Of you baby blue, God blessed your lifeI do not live ‘less I live in your light
�e realest thing I ever feltWas the blood on the �oorAnd the love in your yell
I was a child before the day that I met Eleanor
,
,
When I’m in the sweet daughter’s eyesMy heart is now ruined for the rest of all time
�ere’s no part of it left to give
I never lived ‘til I lived in your lightAnd my heart never beat like it does at the sight
Of you baby blue, God blessed your lifeI do not live ‘less I live in your light
I do not live
I come from a place where every nameAnd every face seem so familiar
In came Miss Progress in her black dressLook at the mess, she is a killer
Much like you and IIn every case that’s madeThere has to be a traitor
It’s me this timeAnd I’m trading fun for rightWill I regret the notion later?
Geraldine’s a name that comes to mindWhen I go back to reminiscing
Abilene’s a woman for my childhoodI spent the evenings kissing
I’m a fool for dreaming her aliveAnd loving something cold and rocky
�e homophobic gentlemen built barricadesBut their eorts couldn’t stop me
In came Miss Progress in her black dressLook at the mess, she is a killer
PAUL NEWMAN VS.THE DEMONS
121 1
LIFE
You may have to drag me away from my demonsKicking and screaming
It’s been so long now, I’ve been with themDon’t know where they stop and I begin
We draw a line in the sandWill you cross it? Oh, will you die for this?
Got nothing to tell you that you don’t�rough your sadness below, already know
Yeah, yeah, yeahLive through the past again
How many times must I live through the past again?No more
Truth beyond truth and by our designIt is very �ne like Newman’s wineOh, to be like him and walk a path
To lend a hand, do something worth a damn
Yeah, yeah, yeahLive through the past again
How many times must I live through the past again?No more, wait
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Live through the past againHow many times must I live through the past again?
No more, wait
One comes of it, love it, love itLet go of it, love comes from itWe’re not of this world for long
Faith and promise, keep me honestWhen starvation falls upon usDaylight told me he would be
Gone with cold words spoke among hersWretched is the tongue of their world
We’re not of that world at allWe will never be
Wouldn’t it be fine to stand behindThe words we say in the best of timesOh, and you and I know all too well
About the hell and paradise right here on earth
Keep it, use it, build it, move itClaims can’t touch how time will prove it
Watch us �y as loud as we canLet her heartbeat change what I am now
Wouldn’t it be fine to stand behindThe words we say in the best of timesOh, and you and I know all too well
About the hell and paradise right here on earth
A FATHER’S FIRSTSPRING
1009
4:04 4:42
1:34 3:49GERALDINE
�e sweetest surrender of winterShe put up her �ag, it is waving
�e thunder of summer is rumbling in
I haven’t seen you in daysAnd my, how that feeling has changed
Oh, I have been homesick for you since we metI have been homesick for you
Now I’ve got to take to the skyAnd I’ll tell you what that means for you and I
If I die, it’s for you
I never lived ‘til I lived in your lightAnd my heart never beat like it does at the sight
Of you baby blue, God blessed your lifeI do not live ‘less I live in your light
�e realest thing I ever feltWas the blood on the �oorAnd the love in your yell
I was a child before the day that I met Eleanor
,
,
When I’m in the sweet daughter’s eyesMy heart is now ruined for the rest of all time
�ere’s no part of it left to give
I never lived ‘til I lived in your lightAnd my heart never beat like it does at the sight
Of you baby blue, God blessed your lifeI do not live ‘less I live in your light
I do not live
I come from a place where every nameAnd every face seem so familiar
In came Miss Progress in her black dressLook at the mess, she is a killer
Much like you and IIn every case that’s madeThere has to be a traitor
It’s me this timeAnd I’m trading fun for rightWill I regret the notion later?
Geraldine’s a name that comes to mindWhen I go back to reminiscing
Abilene’s a woman for my childhoodI spent the evenings kissing
I’m a fool for dreaming her aliveAnd loving something cold and rocky
�e homophobic gentlemen built barricadesBut their eorts couldn’t stop me
In came Miss Progress in her black dressLook at the mess, she is a killer
PAUL NEWMAN VS.THE DEMONS
121 1
LIFE
You may have to drag me away from my demonsKicking and screaming
It’s been so long now, I’ve been with themDon’t know where they stop and I begin
We draw a line in the sandWill you cross it? Oh, will you die for this?
Got nothing to tell you that you don’t�rough your sadness below, already know
Yeah, yeah, yeahLive through the past again
How many times must I live through the past again?No more
Truth beyond truth and by our designIt is very �ne like Newman’s wineOh, to be like him and walk a path
To lend a hand, do something worth a damn
Yeah, yeah, yeahLive through the past again
How many times must I live through the past again?No more, wait
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Live through the past againHow many times must I live through the past again?
No more, wait
One comes of it, love it, love itLet go of it, love comes from itWe’re not of this world for long
Faith and promise, keep me honestWhen starvation falls upon usDaylight told me he would be
Gone with cold words spoke among hersWretched is the tongue of their world
We’re not of that world at allWe will never be
Wouldn’t it be fine to stand behindThe words we say in the best of timesOh, and you and I know all too well
About the hell and paradise right here on earth
Keep it, use it, build it, move itClaims can’t touch how time will prove it
Watch us �y as loud as we canLet her heartbeat change what I am now
Wouldn’t it be fine to stand behindThe words we say in the best of timesOh, and you and I know all too well
About the hell and paradise right here on earth
A FATHER’S FIRSTSPRING
1009
4:04 4:42
1:34 3:49GERALDINE
�e sweetest surrender of winterShe put up her �ag, it is waving
�e thunder of summer is rumbling in
I haven’t seen you in daysAnd my, how that feeling has changed
Oh, I have been homesick for you since we metI have been homesick for you
Now I’ve got to take to the skyAnd I’ll tell you what that means for you and I
If I die, it’s for you
I never lived ‘til I lived in your lightAnd my heart never beat like it does at the sight
Of you baby blue, God blessed your lifeI do not live ‘less I live in your light
�e realest thing I ever feltWas the blood on the �oorAnd the love in your yell
I was a child before the day that I met Eleanor
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When I’m in the sweet daughter’s eyesMy heart is now ruined for the rest of all time
�ere’s no part of it left to give
I never lived ‘til I lived in your lightAnd my heart never beat like it does at the sight
Of you baby blue, God blessed your lifeI do not live ‘less I live in your light
I do not live
I come from a place where every nameAnd every face seem so familiar
In came Miss Progress in her black dressLook at the mess, she is a killer
Much like you and IIn every case that’s madeThere has to be a traitor
It’s me this timeAnd I’m trading fun for rightWill I regret the notion later?
Geraldine’s a name that comes to mindWhen I go back to reminiscing
Abilene’s a woman for my childhoodI spent the evenings kissing
I’m a fool for dreaming her aliveAnd loving something cold and rocky
�e homophobic gentlemen built barricadesBut their eorts couldn’t stop me
In came Miss Progress in her black dressLook at the mess, she is a killer
PAUL NEWMAN VS.THE DEMONS
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LIFE
You may have to drag me away from my demonsKicking and screaming
It’s been so long now, I’ve been with themDon’t know where they stop and I begin
We draw a line in the sandWill you cross it? Oh, will you die for this?
Got nothing to tell you that you don’t�rough your sadness below, already know
Yeah, yeah, yeahLive through the past again
How many times must I live through the past again?No more
Truth beyond truth and by our designIt is very �ne like Newman’s wineOh, to be like him and walk a path
To lend a hand, do something worth a damn
Yeah, yeah, yeahLive through the past again
How many times must I live through the past again?No more, wait
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Live through the past againHow many times must I live through the past again?
No more, wait
One comes of it, love it, love itLet go of it, love comes from itWe’re not of this world for long
Faith and promise, keep me honestWhen starvation falls upon usDaylight told me he would be
Gone with cold words spoke among hersWretched is the tongue of their world
We’re not of that world at allWe will never be
Wouldn’t it be fine to stand behindThe words we say in the best of timesOh, and you and I know all too well
About the hell and paradise right here on earth
Keep it, use it, build it, move itClaims can’t touch how time will prove it
Watch us �y as loud as we canLet her heartbeat change what I am now
Wouldn’t it be fine to stand behindThe words we say in the best of timesOh, and you and I know all too well
About the hell and paradise right here on earth
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: Lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, organ : Lead and backing vocals, banjo, acoustic guitar, piano
: Upright and electric bass, backing vocals : Cello
: Drums, percussion
Additional musical contributions by: : Percussion on all songs excluding 'A Father's First Spring'
: Organ on 'The Once and Future Carpenter,' 'A Father's First Spring,' 'Life,' 'Paul Newman vs. The Demons', and'Through My Prayers / Mellotron on 'A Father's First Spring' / Harmonium on 'Through My Prayers' / Piano on 'Winter in My Heart'
: Drums on 'Live and Die,' 'Down With the Shine' and 'Paul Newman vs. The Demons' : Drums on 'A Father's First Spring'
: Percussion on 'February Seven' and : Backing vocals on 'Life'
: Slide guitar on 'Live and Die' : Electric guitar on 'Live and Die' : Chimes on 'I Never Knew You'
: Oboe on 'Through My Prayers' : Bass clarinet on 'Through My Prayers'
: Piano on 'Through My Prayers' : Saw on 'Winter in My Heart'
: Additional engineering on 'Down With the Shine' : Additional engineering on 'A Father's First Spring'
Recording assistants: , , , , and
Recorded at: in Asheville, / in Venice Beach, - in Malibu, / in Los Angeles,
Mixed at in Venice Beach, Mastered by at mastering in Los Angeles,
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All photography by
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