DF05 LiVE
(2005)
1 - The Other Man
there's a chunk of blue gum stuck to the bottom
of the bunk bed that I'm lying under
laying low looking up through the wood slats
counting the lightning distance by thunder
tonight we'll drive across the city
we've been sleeping on the other side
and we'll put lots of hairspray in our hair
to look pretty anticipation keeps us alive
now I don't know where I'm going
I barely know where I've been
all I know is I'm still looking for...
the other man
the buzz of the air conditioner working
overtime trying to keep us cool
but I seem to remember passing a warning sign
back when having a hammer was the perfect tool
tonight we'll drive to the radio station
negotiate the angles of our guitars
it's a chance to sing to this nation
use our wings and get out of these cars
now I don't know where I'm going
I barely know where I've been
all I know is I'm still looking for...
the other man
when I was 3, I wanted to be 10
when I was 10, wanted to be 16
when I was red, I wanted to be blue
when I was green, I wanted to be you
then came a tap upon my shoulder
telling me that every age is older
now, I'm not a millionaire but I can take you there
'cause what I've seen is priceless: mountains
oceans and hands and you can go there too
you just gotta tell your president, your prime minister
tell your senator and your janitor
bank tellers and lawyers, and sons and daughters
mothers and brothers, sisters and lovers
fathers and nurses and drivers of hearses
rabbis and cantors and grocery man handlers
and all other spiritual custodians
to stop buying and lying, cheating, deleting
mistreating and bombing, 'cause I am...
the other man
then we'll drive across the country
we've been weeping on the other side
and we'll put lots of anti-ammunition
in our hearts and lungs
it's not the gas masks that'll keep us alive now
I know where I'm going
and I know where you've been
and I'm happy just to free...
the other man
'cause I'm the other man
that's who I am
I'm the other man
2 - Is There Anybody Here (Phil Ochs)
3 - B.Y.O.G.
I saw a man with no one to talk to
I saw my grandmother with no one to walk with
I saw my brother walkin' away
I saw my sister ask him to stay
I heard a man on the radio dyin'
Of being a puppet in a masquerade tryin'
Hard to remember what music means
Has he let fear corrupt his dreams
Bring your own god
Let's have a party
Bring your own god
We'll do it in the garden
Let's have a god who likes to party
Let's have a god
We'll grow in the garden
I saw dirt flyin' on the arms of a stampede
Of a great family tryin' to leave a country
After the run, the violence was done
Our children were left to die in the sun
I heard you laugh when my skin was burnin'
I heard you cry when Jackie O. died
You are my hero cause you water the flowers
My perfect day celebrates your power
Bring your own god
Let's have a party
Bring your own god
We'll do it in the garden
Let's have a god who likes to party
Let's have a god
We'll grow in the garden
I saw a man with no one to talk to
4 - Ride This Ride
I'm gonna ride this ride
just as long as I can
mend your heart be your friend
kiss you deep as I can bend
I'm gonna ride this ride
just as long as I can
we met 3 years ago
at the double-t-diner love struck rodeo
and I was buckin' to be free
as I recall you were happy
just buckin' me
long beach heartbreak hotel
the other girl knew you
a little too well
you were drinkin' and druggin'
and I was suspicious
now I'm pushin' your vacuum cleaner
and washin' your dishes
all this yellin' is drivin' me crazy
you accuse me of writin' songs
and bein' lazy and you say
the way I'm makin' a livin' is
just like a gambler
well that's why you bet
I drive a 69 rambler
I'm gonna ride this ride
just as long as I can
mend your heart
be your friend
kiss you deep as I can bend
5 - Be The One
Somewhere in the afternoon
Before the call of early june
The earth stood still
And we kissed
It was outside so everyone
Could see and judge but we decided
This was more
I could be the one
I can reach around and run my hand
Across an old scar
To remind myself
Of one day
I know what it's like to give
Your heat and soul to someone
And have them throw it away
I could be the one
Yo pensando de ti
Toda el dia
Esta es bueno
Que tengo
La musica
Porque
Si no lo tengo
Yo muero
I could be the one
6 - Washington Work Song
There's blood on the sidewalk
From someone I don't know
I step around it
So I won't get it on my shoe
On my way to work in Washington
On my way to work in Washington
On my way to work in Washington, DC
My name is America, but I pronounced it George
Some people think I'm rich
But I am mostly poor
And I cover it up to get you to fight in my war
The truth is
I am my own enemy
But I'll buy anything
You advertise on TV
On my way to work in Washington
On my way to work in Washington
On my way to work in Washington, DC
Gotta make it look good
Gotta make it look good
Gotta make it look good
Every Friday, Karen and Katy
Go to take care of babies with aids
Who were born like their mothers
Addicted to crack
Drinking their bottles
Lying on their backs
Just like their fathers
Mom ain't coming back
On my way to work in Washington
On my way to work in Washington
On my way to work in Washington, DC
Gotta make it look good
Gotta make it look good
Gotta make it look good
Gotta make it look good
Gotta make it look good
Gotta make it look good
There's blood on the sidewalk
From someone I might know
Should I step around it
So I won't get it on my soul
On my way to work in Washington
On my way to work in Washington
On my way to work in Washington, DC
Gotta make it look good
Gotta make it look good
Gotta make it look good
7 - No Bomb Intro
8 - No Bomb Is Smart
well this is one more voice across the great big
this land is your land and this is two more cracks
across the back 'cause this was my land
well it's my time to sing now
I'm singing real loud
'cause I'm not gonna watch this silently in pain
and I'm not gonna let this earth go down the drain
once you bought up all the public transit tracks
so there was no way for us to go back home
had to buy a car to get to town
made sure that the bus station's all run down
well it's my time to sing now
I'm singing real loud
'cause I'm not gonna watch this silently in pain
and I'm not gonna let this earth go down the drain
first you said they miscounted the votes
your brother said “no pretzels george, so you won't choke”
how could a coup like this happen in america
“easily” that's what the brother said “I already told ya”
it's not about good guy
it's not about bad guy
a brain's a brain don't ask me why
but if I am me and you are we
and we're all living in democracy
then it's hypocrisy to keep pushing us apart
no bomb is smart no bomb is smart
now I'm riding on the back of a ten ton truck
through yucca mountain safe and quiet
as a nuclear bomb or chernobyl fountain
happy 50th birthday B-52 bomber
CNN how can you glorify this drama
have you noticed that america's on fire
fueled by the high octane bush bang bang empire
it's not about good guy
it's not about bad guy
a brain's a brain don't ask me why
but if I am me and you are we
and we're all breathing in democracy
then it's hypocrisy to keep pushing us apart
no bomb is smart no bomb is smart
no bomb is smart no bomb is smart
9 - Won't Let Go Intro
10 - Won't Let Go
The very first time I was learning to ridewithout training wheels or you by my side
down a steep hill I took a right
there was a car coming at me and one from behind
and you said don't let go just hold on
keep your eyes on the road
and your heart in a song
whatever happened is already gone
don't let go – don't let go
Then when I was 10, you gave me a guitar
and I said, “dad, I'm gonna be a big star”
and you said, “Son, you better practice real hard
but to me you already are”
and you said don't let go just hold on
keep your eyes on the road
and your heart in a song
whatever happened is already gone
don't let go – don't let go
Then she took you to the doctor to get you checked out
see what that headache was really about
when he returned, I thought the news would be bad
now I'm saying these words to you dad
don't let go just hold on
keep your eyes on the road
and your heart in a song
whatever happened is already gone
don't let go – don't let go
Then I heard your voice and all my fear disappeared
and I know exactly why we are here
it's for this moment to recognize
that you will always be by my side
and I won't let go I just hold on
got my eyes on the road
and my heart in a song
whatever happened is already gone
I won't let go – I won't let go
And I won't let go I just hold on
got my eyes on the road
and my heart in a song
whatever happened is already gone
I won't let go – I won't let go
11 - Rio's Home
Wednesday morning
a little bit cloudy but mostly clear
step outside pick up the paper
see his picture right there
Rio's home from college
home for the weekend
it's memorial day
s'gonna go out for a little dancing fun
momma, everything's okay
I'm going out with the boys for a little dancing fun
stepped out of the car into the barrel of a gun
for 10 dollars near north charles
the red sirens scream past the silent jaws
how do you say goodbye to Rio
muffled by his momma's cries
how do you say goodbye to Rio
you shake your head and stuff the lie
me, I drove around town in my little blue van
I live on the other west side
I take my far away friends down to the inner harbor
for a chesapeake taxi ride at night
I come home to my lover
and we watch “law and order” in stereo
sometimes I like to go out for a little dancing fun
it could have been me facing that big barrel of a gun
for 10 dollars near north charles
the red sirens scream past the silent jaws
and that's how I would say goodbye to Rio
muffled by my momma's cries
that's how I would say goodbye to Rio
shake your head and stuff the lie
disappearing the bullets won't
disappear the war won't
disappear the anger, but maybe what it's for
and you shake your head at the tv
and you curse the radio
and when it comes time to vote
sometimes we do, sometimes we don't
and that's how you say goodbye to Rio
muffled by his momma's cries
that's how you say goodbye to Rio
you shake your head and stuff the lie
12 - Fix My Life
Fix my life
With things I like
See me dance
In your light
Last July it was raining hard
I was cold I was wet I walked into the bar
There you stood
With your t-shirt torn
And your ripped up jeans
What a way to be born
And the ice in my glass
Just like me
Melted, like
Rain rolled over and out to sea
And we ran to my truck
Out of breath, full of luck
And there was something different about the way
That it felt when we touched
Going all through me
And the look in your eye
Seemed to say
Fix my life
With things I like
See me dance
In your lightThat was back in 1987
When love was free
And life was heaven, it was the coldest day in February
We drove down to the cemetery
You said it was a fine day for a funeral
But I couldn't see through
Your cool black case of HIV
Attacking our entire society
Condoms become a way of life
Without it, man
Your dick's a knife
I said it, I said it
Believe it, I mean it
Hearts beating in the hall - laughing at it all
Loving is the key to the future
Hearts beating in the hall - laughing at it all
Nothing is the key to the future
Now, I'm the ghost in everyone
I am your daughter
I am your son
I'm the painter who paints no more
Your doctor, your lover
The boy next door
That Ron ignored and George abandoned
I'm the queer and voiceless champion
And I live inside you
I live inside you
Fix my life
With things I like
See me dance
In your light
13 - Opinion #33
hey you looking over there (where) I'm looking at you
hey you looking over there (where) you're looking back at me too
shake it to the right shake it to the left
shake it up all night I'm taking what I get
Levi, leather latex boots peace will come to all that choose it
so choose it (x2)
we're just the same we're just the same (x2)
no matter the hemisphere everybody got to disappear fear
disappear fear
and I'll be the first to say, honesty can be so scary
scary baby
CHORUS
opinion #33 everybody got a way to be free
opinion #34 everybody got a secret door
opinion #35 everybody got a reason to stay alive
opinion #36 no such thing as a real quick fix doesn't exist
CHORUS
if you teach your children a sick philosophy
they will come back when you're old and teach you real good
teach you real good
CHORUS
me too me three me four me five me six me seven me eight...
14 - Obviously
You can keep those cardboard boxes
so your TV's safe for your next move
and those 10,000 t-shirts
most of which were never used
you can keep your heart locked up tight
in a constant state of blues
but you can't keep me
You can keep those dishes dirty
maybe they'll learn to wash themselves
about the time the laundry figures out how
to fold and find the shelves
you can keep online for hours
and never come to bed
you can keep on trying to run away
from the demons in your head
but you can't keep me
I have tried for so many years
I have cried more than a million tears
if teardrops were dollars
I'd be a millionaire
obviously, you just don't care
You can keep right on ignoring me
I know that's your style
but you said this was forever
are we riding the last mile
you can make this dream a nightmare
you can make a good thing bad
you can go ahead and blame me
for everything we never had
but you can't keep me
15 - Biggest Baddest Heart
I cannot convince you, I'm not gonna try
One thing you are born with is your ability to fly
I've got something that you might wanna know
I've got the Biggest Baddest Heart of Gold
So you're in a bad mood are you gonna let it kill the day?
I know you love your drama see the humor make it pay
I've got something that you might wanna know
I've got the Biggest Baddest Heart of Gold
Don't have no Lamborghini to ride you around this earth
Don't have no Masserati to make trails in the dirt
but I got something that you might wanna know
I've got the Biggest Baddest Heart of Gold
You like it once you like it twice
you like it naughty baby or you like it nice?
I've got something that you might wanna know
I've got the Biggest Baddest Heart
I've got the biggest baddest heart
I've got the Biggest Baddest Heart of Gold
16 - Fallin'
I don't know if I'm drunk
I don't know if it's last night's buzz
But I feel like I'm fallin' in love
Every little thing that she does
Every little glance that I see
I can't stop the feeling that's growin'
inside of me
Every little beat of my heart
feel like a boom boom boom
I could be fallin'
flyin', fallin', flyin', fallin',
cryin', crawlin', flyin',
fallin' in love
You could tell me it's day
but I don't want the night to end
Watch the sun come up
on our guilty smelling skin
Amor es un fuego
Por una vez lo segire
deja me ir ir ir ir
I don't know if I'm drunk
I don't know if it's last night's buzz
But I feel like I'm fallin' in love
For love is a fire
for once I can
follow it higher
let myself go go go go go
17 - Me, Too
Her daddy was a soldier in the Vietnam war
she was proud to see her father in a fresh pressed uniform
he came home on a stretcher in 1966
welcomed by fellow Americans throwing tomatoes and sticks
He said, “darling don't you worry, there are 2 sides to everything
I did what I believed in and I want you to do the same
I stood up for my country, yeah that's a solid bet
and I'll stand up for freedom every chance I get
CHORUS
'CAUSE AMERICA SHINES IN FRONT OF ME
AND ALL THE WORLD COULD SEE IF THEY WANTED TO
I RAISE THIS FLAG FOR YOU, ME, TOO
She grew up on the Bible she grew up on love
she grew up thinking she could change the world
if she only worked hard enough
so she became a lawyer hoped to marry a good looking man
then she fell in love with the girl next door
though that wasn't part of the plan...
CHORUS
The years spin by while the corn grows high
for every train you catch you miss one
so much of life just passes by
it was time to tell daddy this one
She sat down in the corner she could still see the door
she said, “daddy I gotta tell you something I've never said before...”
he said, “shhhhhhhhhhh... everybody has a war
You see it's not about oil and it's not about guns
it's not about rainbows it's about daughters and sons
if you believe in tomorrow then I have taught you well
cause if you don't believe in yourself life's a living hell...
AND YOU'LL ALWAYS SHINE IN FRONT OF ME
AND ALL THE WORLD COULD SEE IF THEY WANTED TO
I RAISE THIS FLAG FOR YOU, ME, TOO
I RAISE THIS FLAG FOR YOU, ME, TOO
18 - Sexual Telepathy
All of the fire burning inside ya, be true now
All of the moment, it's yours you can own it
Be true now
Sometimes when we're talking I can feel you walking
Through my mind
Just like now today I don't have much to say
But I will in time
All of the pretense, no reason for pretense
Be true now
Sexual Telepathy, Sexual Telepathy
Ah, ah, ah
Right now
19 - Dalis Intro
20 - Play The Music
Could it be, yes it could, play the music that feel so good
Like a pie in the sky
Eat it up for the perfect high
How many of us are in this room
I dare you to look into my eyes
How many of us can get the nowness of this tune
Just enough to enlighten all the skies
Some say you should leave it
But I say unto you you should believe it
And actually this is exactly as you would
Come on play me the music that feels good
All of us are in this marathon
Sometimes I see myself running a mile behind
Then some kind stranger allow me to find
All the time the illusion was in my mind
Some say you should leave it?
Why do you stay
So long away
So long away