(That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace

I knew this girl when I was young
She took her spikes from everyone
One night she swallowed up the lake
That's how you sing amazing grace
Amazing grace
Amazing grace
It sounds like razors in my ears
That bell's been ringing now for years
Someday I'll give it all away
That's how you sing amazing grace
Oh, can you hear that sweet sweet sound
Yeah, I was lost but now I'm found
Sometimes there's nothing left to save
That's how you sing amazing grace
Amazing grace
That's how you sing amazing grace

Canada

I'm not scared of waking up
I'm not afraid of getting cut
'Cause you can't take that stuff to Canada
You can't take it anywhere

You could la la la la la
And you could lie to all your friends
But you can't take that stuff to Canada
You can't take it anywhere
I used to have a golden tongue
But now the words just feel like stones
'Cause you can't take that stuff to Canada
You can't take it anywhere

Candy Girl

Candy girl
You sing that song so well
Candy girl
You try to stand so still
Wasting all our days
With Gillian and Dave
Candy girl
Candy girl
Candy girl
You sing that song so well

Time Is the Diamond

If I'm not a lion
And I'm not an island
If time is the diamond
Well all right
Got a weak pair of lungs
From a childhood disease
Will it ever come clean
Well all right
Tried to learn from the past
Keep my fist in my mouth
But they just keep falling our
Well all right
Well all right
If I'm not a lion
And I'm not an island
If time is the diamond
Well all right
Well all right

Tonight

Trying to keep time
Closer than we like
Memories still lie
Tonight
Faces of the day
Pressed up to your spine
Blessings still to come
Tonight
Tonight

Precious things unsaid
As the night begins
Who will hang his head
Tonight
Tonight
Tonight

The Lamb

You go west
Where they won't find you
With your mother's breast
And the poison arrows
'Cause you see black
And I see shadows
I am the lamb
And I'm a dead man
They'll take my name
And feed my children
With my remains
In the holy temple
'Cause I am the lamb
And I'm a dead man
I am the lamb
And I'm a dead man

In the Drugs

I was a child
I was on fire
But I stayed alive while all else died
I held my breath
What could I say
And I closed my eyes like Marvin Gaye
But now I've had enough
It's in the drugs
It's in the drugs
It's in the drugs, ahhh
It's in the drugs

You had your plan
A heavy hand
But the weight was more than you could stand
Breaking like dolls
Singing like birds
We always get what we deserve
But now I've had enough
It's in the drugs
It's in the drugs

Last Snowstorm of the Year

When we were young
We wanted to die
But the sound of a drum
And the words of a child
Brought different light
Now no one can tell
The winter was nice
But the summer is hell

The ground was so hard
The nights were so long
But we suffered the dark
And we wrote all those songs
Still I was a fool
I covered my ears
No I would not face the last snowstorm of the year
No I would not face the last snowstorm of the year

John Prine

I verified the math
And double-checked the syntax
I tried to heal your body
But it just kept coming back
You never had a chance
I thought I was a poet
I had so much to say
But now I want to see the blood
I want to make them pay
Yeah, I can see the day

I made a place for children
They wanted all the answers
I gave them all my lectures
And now they're perfect dancers
'Cause I'm a perfect dancer
Sha la la la la
Sha la la la la

Little Argument With Myself

I want to believe
I want to believe
I want to believe
I want to believe
Just keep counting the stars
Like someday you'll find out
Just how many there are
And we all can go home
'Cause there's nothing as sad
As a man on his back
Counting stars
But, I want to believe
Yes, I want to believe
'Cause there's nothing as sad
As a man on his back
Counting stars

La La La Song

All there years you've been speaking without breathing
Spinning closer to the sun
Had your way with an unsuspecting public
Little threads are all it takes
La la la la ...
I have learned all your secrets, so familiar
I know where you lay your head
Fear of god and a disappointing father
Holds the hand around your neck
La la la la ...
Sometimes I could just choke myself with laughter
Sometimes everything's so true
So when you come down from your death-defying labors
I'll still be in love with you
La la la la ...

Point of Disgust

Once, I was lost
To the point of disgust
I had in my sight
Lack of vision
Lack of light
I fell hard
I fell fast
Mercy me
It'll never last

Then, in the dust
All the things
We discussed
Were thrown to the wind
So at last
We begin
'Cause we fall hard
We fall fast
Mercy me
It'll never last

Shots and Ladders

They're gonna build a ladder
It's gonna take you forever
You're always such a disaster
But all you hear is laughter

They want to keep you for more tests
Stick a needle in your chest
And send you home to your own bed
And kiss your beautiful forehead

See how you feel in the morning