NEVER KNEW CAROLINE Movin' along, movin' on, moving just to move Listen to that groove they're layin' down, mama, don't you wanna Yeah, I know, gotta take it slow, no need to go so fast Slow and steady, easy baby, ya make a good thing last The last time I saw Frisco I was drowning in the mud of my own mind Mama, never knew Caroline They had never been to Paris, but they always said they'd go And her momma never told that little girl no The customs of the working class are not her cup of tea There's things I'd change about my past if it were up to me The last time I saw Frisco I was drowning in the mud of my own mind Mama, never knew Caroline I've never been the kind who thinks that I know everything About the lies I'm willing to tell or truth I'll never sing How we came together gets all jumbled in my mind I'd've stayed with her forever, but she never was that kind The last time I saw Frisco I was drowning in the mud of my own mind Mama, never knew Caroline

SAND After the last train left the station It happened fast, we tore up all the rails Nothin' left for the next generation 'Cept a few old men to sit and tell their tales Something like, once upon a time In this land there walked a giant Left footprints in the sand And never was seen again We took the west like the devil takes a lover A treasure chest, worth its weight in sin Progress is the word we use for all that we discover Discovery is just stumblin' across a thing that's always been Once upon a time In this land there walked a giant Left footprints in the sand And never was seen again Tales are told for the young to learn a lesson The young grow old and have stories of their own Love returns to remind us we are destined To dig for gold only to find bone Oh, once upon a time In this land there walked a giant Left footprints in the sand And never was seen again

KRISTOFFERSON The world turned and they found ways To make anew the old mistakes She came to him, but he didn't want her offerin' So she got high and listened to Kristofferson She'd helped him through so many nights She missed his touch, but not the fights He's a hard man, don't know why she thought she could soften him But he knows why she listens to Kristofferson He knows, she's got nothin' left to lose And he won't give 'er nothin' but the blues Yesterday is dead and gone Memories fade, but songs play on She came on strong, she'll ease off again She just needs time to listen to Kristofferson

THE BASTARD SON In that mansion on the hill He held back his urge to kill Mama had a secret not so easy to explain And the story she told done drove her boy insane From the time that she confessed He made his plans to leave the west Plans are made, plans fall through Mice and men to what they have to do Woo woo He'd never shot a gun before Yeah, but he knew what a gun is for He practiced everyday, what he was gonna say When he pulled his Kimber and blew that man away In an eastern seaport town That's where he tracked the old man down Blood began to pool, lights began to fade No one warned him daddy was so good with the blade In her mansion on the hill His mama cries as the air goes chill In a pine box on a boxcar, she had his body blessed And her bastard son was buried in the west In the west

LONESOME The stakes are high The game is life and death I have wagered my time I do not have much time left Angels fall from the skies It is true, I have known some If I had not looked in your eyes I would not know what it's like to be lonesome Your breath comes fast As my blue heart pounds If this love can not last I will follow it into the ground Angels fall from the skies It is true, I have known some If I had not looked in your eyes I would not know what it's like to be lonesome The stakes are high The game is life and death I have wagered my time I do not have much time left Time enough for one last bet

DOWN IN THE MOUTH She never said she loved you She never said she cared You put that in your own head And your fool heart kept it there Hey now, down in the mouth Listen to the radio It wasn't built to last And she all but told you so Yeah, she calls ya "handsome" Yeah, she thinks you're cool But there's notches on 'er bedpost And you're just a lovesick fool She never makes mistakes So she never takes the blame She might've said your name one time But the candle didn't light the flame Hey now, down in the mouth Have another shot of booze You've done your share of using How's it feel to be used? Everybody's dyin' out there Everybody's scared Life is full of beauty And no one says it's fair She took you to her bed Said the words dreams are man of But her man in San Francisco Is the only one she loves Hey now, down in the mouth She put the poison in your cup But you're better off without her So things are lookin' up Next time that I see her Should I say you wished her well Maybe just give it some time Ya know you're bound to see her in hell

ALL THE OTHER BRIDGES I ran to the City of Refuge I was not refused The gates were opened up My transgressions were excused CH: When I need a place to turn I turn to you while all the other bridges burn Suspicion, fear, and anger Drove me to the road Fate brought me to a fork My heart told me where to go Down the road to solitude I stepped upon a stick Something snapped inside of me And I took to runnin' pretty quick Even in the valleys There were mountains I had to climb Them on Earth aren't near as steep As them there in my mind Came a time to pay my toll Keeper at the gate was blind Gatekeeper I did say to him Can you tell me what I'm lookin to find? At the gates of the City of Gold I was turned away They said, "You can try again tomorrow" But I know, tomorrow is the path to someday

SLEEPING PEACEFULLY written by G. F. Klima and Jim Whitford (c) 1999 Sleeping peacefully, sleeping peacefully If I could look into your dreams, I wonder what I'd see I wonder what I'd find, I wonder what I'd find Dear heart, if I could read your mind, I wonder what I'd find So many roads to ramble So many roads that stray Does the road that led you here also lead away? The night goes on forever, plays dark tricks on me Dear, do you still dream of me? Sleeping peacefully Sleeping peacefully

EX-GIRLFRIENDS COST LESS MONEY THAN EX-WIVES (C) 2008 Ex-girlfriends cost less money than ex-wives People don't get married for the long haul anymore First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the divorce Thinkin' about those legal fees is enough to give me hives Ex-girlfriends cost less money than ex-wives Ex-girlfriends cost less money than ex-wives Think it over, boys, before your wedding day arrives You'll spend less dating five women then you will losing one bridge Ex-girlfriends cost less money than ex-wives I have a friend, you know this guy, he said the words "I do." Three years and two kids later, he just don't do like he used to She got the house, the kids, and that new truck he used to drive Ex-girlfriends cost less money than ex-wives Ex-girlfriends cost less money than ex-wives Think it over, boys, before your wedding day arrives You'll spend less dating ten women then you will losing one bridge Ex-girlfriends cost less money than ex-wives Seems like everybody's out there trying to find the one We're all hookin' up and settling down, instead of just having some fun Fellas, get to know your ladies before you commit your lives Ex-girlfriends cost less money than ex-wives Ex-girlfriends cost less money than ex-wives Think it over, boys, before your wedding day arrives You'll spend less dating seventeen women then you will losing one bridge Ex-girlfriends cost less money than ex-wives Ex-girlfriends cost less money than ex-wives

MY OLD GUITAR My old guitar and me Moonlit songs and memories After all this time and so many near miss rhymes We're doin' fine My old guitar and me Thought we'd go farther, whatever that means There's so many ways to chase those stars It's days on the road, nights in the bars Where we go played We can show ya the scars We've been together so long we're family now We know our song when it plays And see the world in different ways I was holding you when she caught my eye And I turned to you when she said goodbye So on a night like this When there's no lover's kiss Let's reminisce We've been together so long we're family now We know our song when it plays And see the world in different ways My old guitar and me Yeah, we mighta made things harder than they had to be Still work on the songs to get 'em tight Might even try this one tonight If it's feelin' right And it always feels right My old guitar