Jay Farrar

Feeling through a maze of oppurtunities, Some passed away and gone. The past left no future until the winds of change, change us all. You call me on the telephone, Tell me what a fool feels like. You've been pushed before, Now push back with all of your might...

Anyone caught speaking Esperanto Is thought crazy or headed for jail There's peace in the wilds of West Texas Where the sun and the sky prevail Take no notice of the rising waters Take no notice where the rivers run dry They'll be digging through the landfills...

Settling down with warm-glow wood stove and kerosene Peace you're looking for, peace you'll find In the tangled mad cliff-sides and crashing dark of big sur Rapturous ring of silence pacific fury flashing on the rocks, the sea shroud towers The innocence o...

I will wat for you in the green, green spaces, Wearing our post-industrial faces. Side by side sit the trashpile twin, And the eleventh century center of the Misissippian, With the calender of the sun, A people undone. Ceremonial mounds in the backyards and t...

Walked the sidewalks of San Francisco. Spent the night in a town called Weed. Soaked up the sun on Mission Street. Filled up the day in Chinatown. It's been said before, But it's worth saying, No one could dream a place like California. It's written before, B...

Up the Hudson Valley across New York State to Chicago then the Plains All so easy and dreamlike crashing the salt flat daybreak I hear "I'll Take You Home again Kathleen" sad fog winds out there to blow Across the rooftops of eerie old hangover San Francisco...

Clear day thunder is all we've ever known On in to the stage of the game Like a cancer taking over Now souls are conquering. Habitats of idle are the last to know Till a crack in the dozer bull Prefab scenes in perennial haste Proclamations for the better thi...

Could have been mixed up or a lack of understanding Could have been explained Events unravel too fast Could have been locked up many times with a glimmering eye Can build to the sky, but it must be learned Glisterine time is a privilege earned Sailing straigh...

Hang a left on the high road See where it takes you See where you take it Take it high, take it low. With caution to the wind And a drive on wedding vow Take it on to level it out Smoke beats water anyhow. Mmm … A fool's paradise Meet the forgotten nightmar...

With the motion of a bird with a broken wing No place to prey on you for now Hair-raising prospects and head-toned harmony When the way is finally found In the stacks and piles Of dead promises we keep around From the grotto haze the days will elevate Mirr...

I'll think of you in Inchon, I'll think of you in Bremerhaven. I still hear strains of singing, But I know you've made it home. Back in Dent County. You caught the ship sailing, Always the world at your back. Always kept a common thread, To bind together when...

Would the clouds in your head all fade away ? Would song and dance start and find a parade ? Would the shroud of turin be upstaged ? Would the pull of the earth be enough of a weight ? Would it be crystal clear to gauge ? If I raised my hand for the wrongs, r...

Along for the ride or just watching the time The spirit of the one constant thread Policing yourself, a lifelong pursuit Hanging on to the ring of the bell And it's out on the town The world spins around And the rules we'd rather forget It's not what we're h...

Poor man's wages carry feet Dead soldier today in the sweltering heat Dynasty and power, two wars to their name An election by decree Ain't this new world a shame Ain't this new world a shame And I can't stop thinking That it doesn't have to be this way Does...

Stay away from injury, stay away from bad reactions Find some people and hang around after dark Better off living, put the effort on building And deal with the devil when it seems the time is right. Drain your eyes, slow down Don't drop behind. Drain your ey...

If I ran so far that my life can't follow me Would it keep the world from up and swallowing me There's so much to weigh me down that I can hardly breathe And I don't want to think about it But I don't want this pain to last and I'm fading fast If I didn't loo...

[C]Could've kept the [Csus4]cig[C]arette Could've always had a hand[Csus4]gun[C] Could've been [Csus4]ex[C]terminator Could've had a lot of [Csus4]fun[C] [C]It's the legal drugs that wear most down They say what's done is done Parabolic louver lighting Really...

Take the bridge over nothing to where it's cooling down In the sainted ville where everybody's working Look away from the dyed-in-the-wool Turn up the non-profit radio and let it all sink in. Getting by on the status quo Worse before but there's still a hard...

Fool King's Crown gets passed around, Everybody wants to have it. Fool King's Crown got watered down, Everybody wants to have it. See how it mirrors, the inside familiar. Fool King's Crown has got a story, Everybody wants to hear it. Fool King's Crown cost a...

Woke up in a west that's wild, Woke up in a sanctioned wayside. Woke up, psychos screaming, some loiter head dream descending. Left it up to chance, left it up in the air. Played it by year and played down both ends of the line. I will not let the world pass b...

Running away from the day to day blues, Hope through hoops just making it through. Sing low as we make our way. Target practice at the heart, False starts and faded parts, Knew the lines but we couldn't make it last. It's all there is to do, Hanging on to yo...

Maydays of mercy, can't wait it out. Remembrances of pride, guilt, laughter and luck. Hard is the fall, hard is the fall, hard is the fall. But your heart is still brand new. Shaking the hand of the rambling man from Montgomery. The music evangelist, th...

Picking through bones that way, Throw the loser's heart on the ground. Rules forgotten, throw away. You don't have to feel that way, You don't have to feel that way, You don't have to twist the knife. You don't have to twist the knife, You don't have to twist...

When you know when you can step down Then you know you've joined the crowd Castanet talkers and angles they vie Block out the noise and catch your eye. Kicking in on the chorus of time Living level is no reason to hide They say it takes a mountain to make a d...

Who do you know? Who do you trust? Who keeps you sane? Who cleans off the dust? Who's got you down, thinking the best roads lead out of town? Who saves the day? Who stands to make corrections? Bound to get burned at every other turn But the future's free No r...

This river of road, It don't flow like it used to. But it's more of a home Than anywhere that I've ridden it to. We used to dream together But now I drink alone. From the bottle to the tumbler Is the only journey left I know. And in my memories depths I retr...

Heard about circumstances Heard about the Devil's son-in-law Heard about the high sheriff from Hell Heard about the Great Migration Heard about the barrel house Ragtime in the parlor room downstairs Can you hear the hum outside the door? Can you hear the hum...

Time is the standard, bruises will heal in matters We feel have taken over the rhythm of living Out of the gate amid opposing forces really keeping it The revolving door of station to station It's not the end of the world Can't even see it from here Really ca...

There is no need to say another word It will be golden and eternal just like that Something good will come of all things yet Simple golden eternity blessing all These roads don't move; You're the one that moves. These roads don't move; You're the one that mov...

Say you do Say you don't Say you will Say you won't Believe in the great expanse All or nothing Salute to chance Sail the course for the unknown Stacks of change Thrown into the tolls The rules haven't changed It's just the same garbage war we're sitting in...

Caught between, between two worlds Don't wanna be, don't wanna be fenced in Caught between, between two worlds Don't wanna be, don't wanna be fenced in Scattered along the way must be some understanding Handwritten skyline room for ideals ascending It's alri...

Only interested in the sad music The voice of Willamine She makes men sigh and women wonder Where is all the beauty coming from? And why? Nobody ever dares to write the true story of love Hiding under buried junkyards throughout the world With her sad, abstra...