1. All-Star Me-

this isn't the way we planned wasn't supposed to forget your taste like nights spent figuring all the ways that we came to this place, yeah. there we were alone on top of your old rooftop in highland park ask me now.. say, "chris look out across the sky and tell me which way the wind blows." core of coal core of coal and starches core of coal and starches is within me core of coal core of coal and starches core of coal and starches is within me but even now that you're not here i climb these mountains of houses every night i say your name and wish i could have done things right.

2. You Vandal-

last night i dreamt you called from Costa Rica yeah, the place you've been the last two weeks you said, "i miss you, oh sweet boy, will you come on down?" I woke up to my cold sheets and the smell of new jersey when do i get to wake up to you? tonight i can't forget that i've got these open wounds it's such a drag can't forget you've gone yeah, my ribs have parted ways said, "we're not going to protect this heart you have." oh no, what can i do? my lungs are breathing open air my spleen is dripping from my pants oh no, what can i do? you've left me in the cold and I miss you you never told me it would be this hard i think my body's saying so when you're not here, it's got to go it's leaving me but i hope that you're o.k. even though i'm dying i hope that you're still trying to have a killer time go see the volcanos go see the rain forests i'll be fine by myself yeah, i'll be fine without these bones. oh no, what can i do? my lungs are breathing open air my spleen is dripping from my pants oh no, what can i do? you've left me in the cold and I miss you miss you miss you

3. Shoulder To The Wheel-

and i say, "just go. please, Dave, just drive. get us as far as far can be. get us away from tonight." and I say, "i'm sorry. i didn't mean to yell, i'm having quite a bad week, i miss my mom." we drive Dave steps on the gas the world that's flying by is slick and smooth big waves of light the radio is playing Queen we're rocking out and we're going now 'cause, hey, this is it this is where we are out here where silence is seventy miles an hour and the windows up tight and i am home. we drive Dave steps on the gas the world that's flying by is slick and smooth big waves of light the radio is playing Queen we're rocking out, ok! we drive Dave steps on the gas the world that's flying by is slick and smooth big waves of light the radio is playing Queen we're rocking out we drive Dave steps on the gas the world that's flying by is slick and smooth big waves of light the radio is playing Queen and we're rocking out and i say, "just go. please, Dave, just drive. get us as far as far can be. get us away from tonight." seventy miles an hour and the windows up tight and i am home. we drive Dave steps on the gas the world that's flying by is slick and smooth big waves of light the radio is playing Queen we're rocking out we're rocking out we're rocking out

4. Rocks Tonic Juice Magic-

let me take this awkward saw and run it against your thighs cut some flesh away i'll carry this piece of you with me because all i can say tonight is i hate you but it would be all right if we could see each other sometime, oh. if i could somehow make you mine and if not i'll take my spoons dig out your blue eyes i'll swallow them down to my stomach they're gonna burn like bell tonight because you're beautiful just not on the inside light comes from within and your beaming eyes don't seem so bright my heart is on the floor why don't you step on it? when i think of all the things you've done my heart is on the floor why don't you step on it? when i think of all the things you've done boardwalks and breaking waves made our saturdays i'd buy you lemonade right now if you were here but then i'd throw it in your face and i'd listen to you cry and i'd remember how i miss our nights under these ocean skies my heart is on the floor why don't you step on it? when i think of all the things you've done my heart is on the floor why don't you step on it? when i think of all the things you've done you and i are like when fire and the ocean floor collide. you and i are like when fire and the ocean floor collide. you and i are like when fire and the ocean floor collide. you and i are like when fire and the ocean floor collide.

5. Holly Hox, Forget Me Nots-

somewhere under water maybe you could find my heart that's where i threw it after you had torn it out oh, three days ago the doctor he said so, told me, "every skyline and every night spent alone are tearing me apart." maybe i should get some help maybe i should fly out to montana i've heard it's quiet way out past the electric lines out where no one will know my name oh, i've had it now i'm walking down to your house i'm banging on the door please, please, please, mr. hox won't you tell your daughter i'm all alone and i'm not handling this well you never know just what you have until you get it yanked out of your chest well that's it i'm walking to the water i'm standing on the bank i'm staring at my reflection oh my gosh, i look pathetic tonight well, guess what i'm diving in this river fishing out my heart never gonna let you never gonna let you get your hands on this again.

6. Third Engine-

the sky grows bigger every day and the other week i hopped on the train cutting through state lines to come to you as the crow flies out there in there offing everything was melon and orange did you know, my sweet yeah, that i once took the liberty of watching you in your sleep? and i just wanted you to know that every pool of water reminds me of you is that all right? i hope you think it's cool yeah, sometimes a train can't go as fast as i want it to did you know, my sweet yeah, that i once took the liberty of watching you in your sleep? i rolled over and over trying to touch your knees yeah, oh, underneath the sheets trying to touch your knees everything seemed a little easier when we weren't one hundred miles apart the person across from me sitting in her train seat, reminded me of you and i looked out past her cheeks through the glass-light conduit the sun had sunk disappeared into new jersey oh, why don't they have phones on these things? what else can i do? i'm still thinking about you. did you know, my sweet yeah, that i once took the liberty of watching you in your sleep? i rolled over and over trying to touch your knees yeah, oh, underneath the sheets trying to touch your knees.

7. My Sweet Fracture-

could you tell me the next time that you're choking? i'll rush right over to shove some dirt right down your throat it's nothing i have against you you're just a creep and you can't remember the last five years what's a bond if it dissolves in water? i took a piss that lasted longer than you and your manipulations i called my mom last night she said, "sweetie, you don't need someone who's more fleeting than fall don't you love those leaves? don't you wish the orange stayed forever and crickets sang in the night all through winter?" and i thought, slow down think of all the time this jerk has ducked you up and left you down and hey, hey, i choose my company by the beating of their hearts not the swelling of their heads, no! don't you love those leaves? don't you wish the orange stayed forever and crickets sang in the night all through winter?" besides, i'd rather forget the days we spent than try to stay afloat in shallow water. rather forget the days we spent than try to stay afloat in rather forget the days we spent than try to stay afloat in shallow water rather forget the days we spent than try to stay afloat in rather forget the days we spent than try to stay afloat in shallow water rather forget the days we spent than try to stay afloat in rather forget the days we spent than try to stay sad

8. The Vast Spoils Of America (From The Badlands Through The Ocean)-

9. The Last Lie I Told-

i'm in a parking lot by myself it's quarter to nine and i've been here since 5:45 oh, there's no one but i can see some flickering lights oh, i can hear some dogs yeah, barking in the back yards yeah i smell gasoline wish the sky were open 'cause if there weren't those trees i think i could see i think i could see for miles the city for miles the city is just beyond those clouds i guess this is what it's like to be yeah, really down and holding out for something remembering the warm nights remembering the open arms of two years ago oh there's nothing like this parking lot and seeing the stars in morning i can see them from where i'm lying, yeah i can feel the cold, cold pavement against my skin and it's tingling, it's tingling, it's tingling.

10. Do You Know What I Love The Most?-

do you know what i love the most? even suburbs would be o.k. with you between my sheets the breeze in the window 'cause we will go there and ignore all our neighbors i think i'll bring you breakfast and play Johnny Cash on the stereo i'll sit in the lazy chair all day remembering the things you do so when you come home i jump up to kiss you oh and it knocks you back you'll fall over our TV set i'll pick you up and dust you off baby let's give it a go i'll kiss your thighs to make you feel all right and then i'll get closer to taste a little sweat oh i think i'm rearing to go you're gonna get knocked out and tied up in my trunk in ten years we'll go to ohio and steal cadillac's for a living.

11. Through Being Cool-

you know what? the next time you see nick yeah tell him i'm gonna stick some needles in his face and watch him on his knees watch him when he sees that i'm not fooling, yeah 'cause i'm through being cool and he keeps telling everyone about me yeah, like how i'm such a fool and oh that i'm so deceptive i think i'll make him eat the ground i think that i will turn around and notice the wind blowing tops of trees i'll see the way the world begins to need color everywhere and i'll realize how small i really am 'cause i'm through being cool and he keeps telling everyone about me yeah, like how i'm such a fool and oh that i'm so deceptive and then i'll spin right back around and say, "nick, why are you such a prick? yeah why can't you just marvel in the hopes that make up this reality? your world is what you made it and i don't want a part of it."

12. Banned From The Back Porch-

i stepped out into the night and put my feet down on the wet patio floor the sky's air had been cooling and steam rose from everywhere oh i could feel drops of rain slipping off tree's leaves and splattering to the ground it's always misty after a summer pour and i'll remember turning around and looking out and staring in and focusing on this one beautiful girl and i said, "oh who is this? where was she all those crazy years? and oh who is this? where was she when my heart couldn't take its beat?" i sipped down warm ginger ale and drew back a breath and headed over to see about this girl i couldn't say a thing and i just stared open and wide and i connected with her eyes to feel my gut fall through the floor oh my gosh, i think i'm falling. "oh who is this? where was she all those crazy years? and oh who is this? where was she when my heart couldn't take its beat?" "oh who is this? where was she all those crazy years? and oh who is this? where was she when my heart couldn't take its beat?"