The Plank Buffalo Tom

I would walk the plank I would die with my boots on Like all good cowboys do And you could find the treasure on your shore Star spangled winter night Drags me up and out of bed I'm all riled up And I dream

The Spider And The Fly Buffalo Tom

Sit up fed up low down go round Down to the bar at the place Im at Sittin drinkin superficially thinkin About the rinsd out blonde on my left And then I said Hi!

The Bible Buffalo Tom

Bell, book and candle, murder and greed These are the things that bring your love to me How sweet the sentence, How sweet the lips How do you expect, the same face that they kiss It's only the Bible, It's

The Bus Buffalo Tom

Walked home in the rain today Took the subway train today Went to my room, listened to Billie Holiday Stared down to broadway Took the bus home today Had a staring contest with a guy I did not know today

Under Milkwood Buffalo Tom

In the sad blue light, in the deepest shade Margaret Mary saddles, all our love away The shallow moonlight sips her milky eyes And underneath the ground, the mother sends the child And the rain buries

Crutch Buffalo Tom

all above the moon And you're all above the moon I'm lying across the tracks And I'm on the train ride back Slowly I turned to him and said ""Well if I'm not yet dead then surely this must be killing

Wisher Buffalo Tom

The autumn leaves Me here without a tooth Youve given me the shaft My friends cars breaking down And Ive got no ride home And Im left out The apes in the evergreens The grape leaves and jasmine

Wiser (Full Version) Buffalo Tom

The autumn leaves Me here without a tooth You've given me the shaft My friend's car's breaking down And I've got no ride home And I'm left out The apes in the evergreens The grape leaves and jasmine tea

In The Attic Buffalo Tom

There is a pause in my life That started when I was in the attic Just a few moments now Before the whole thing collapses See the cracks in the windows They've been there for so long And the beams falling

Heaven (Live Acoustic) Buffalo Tom

heaven is the whole of the heart and heaven don't tear you apart yeah heaven is the whole of the heart and heaven don't tear you apart there's too many kings wanna hold you down and a world at the window

White Paint Morning Buffalo Tom

Sixty eight at twenty one The girl has risen with the sun It's a white paint morning now that the fog is gone It's a bright, dumbfounded dawn She lays down out on the lawn And the new day wakes and turns

Kitchen Door Buffalo Tom

I scratched my finger On the door in front of you You scratched your finger At the girl outside Thats a bigger Responsibility When All My Children Is an endless bore Im the number on your kitchen

Wiser (Edit) Buffalo Tom

The autumn leaves Me here without a tooth You've given me the shaft My friend's car's breaking down And I've got no ride home And I'm left out The apes in the evergreens The grape leaves and jasmine tea

Summer Buffalo Tom

Sight unseen, sadder seas Summer song sung all along Dragged across the seven seas To the beach come follow me Summers gone a summer song Youve wasted every day, every day Cellophane, a grandmas

Register Side Buffalo Tom

Well, I compare you two You've got the same toothy grin And a penchant for dramatic ends See the harbor lights His five brothers down there From the salty bay back home again He went from one ball and

Reason Why Buffalo Tom

I feel so cool, I feel lucky inside I feel like my worst enimies died The poison of the streets has crept inside my lungs And the blood is throbbing inside my tongue And I think that I know the reason

Reason Why (Live Acoustic) Buffalo Tom

I feel so cool, I feel lucky inside I feel like my worst enimies died The poison of the streets has crept inside my lungs And the blood is throbbing inside my tongue And I think that I know the reason

Velvet Roof Buffalo Tom

Here she comes across the street But Im already there downstairs to meet with her She could make my life complete But Im already there to compete with her Climb aboard my velvet roof And smile showing

Sodajerk Buffalo Tom

Watch an eyeball Take a free fall At the mention of a name In its socket And like a rocket Rises just the same Could my eyelids [could my eye] Cover what I did The shuttin of the door

Porchlight Buffalo Tom

Hey when the need becomes too strong or long And drawn out for me to take Like a cigarette burn to the fleshy turbines of my heart That faded afternoon floats breezily into my memory Cool shafts of

Scottish Windows Buffalo Tom

Gone, advice from a side road And a dying breath and yellow oak Big tall weeds and leaves of gold Now a wasted clock hollow And I'm not the drowning man you think Though I flail my arms, I refuse to sink

Knot In It Buffalo Tom

I'm not looking for the shell shocked signs of life Your shadow still looms larger in the night There's a nickel on the sill for good luck's sake I left it out for only you to take But there's pine resin

Sparklers Buffalo Tom

In the colored light stands you The end is in sight no need to fight anymore They're hot in pursuit and they're pursuing you All the way home and now you're finally alone All the way back home Now you're

Going Underground Buffalo Tom

public gets what the public wants But I want nothing this societys got Im going underground (going underground) Well the brass bands play and feet start to pound Going underground (going underground)

Deep In The Ground Buffalo Tom

Three kinds of people, she just didn't care I've got a black and yellow box filled with her hair When she felt up to it she'd drive me around I've been taken so high, now deep in the ground Now deep in

Guy Who Is Me Buffalo Tom

Tears fall down like paper around you But I cannot get through, there's nothing I can do You steal secrets from the Gods But I'm no God and I wish I was Birds fly high and fall around you I have to climb

Larry Buffalo Tom

When I sleep is when you rise Get out of bed wipe the sleep from your eyes I shut my eyes all the world drops dead Nows the time friend of mine With a passage to A passage from Your daily missal

Sunday Night Buffalo Tom

Sunday night and now I know How the night can pass slow All kinds of ugly outside that's right And I'm all alone tonight Distant highway din Leaky roof my doubt drips in And as the streetlights and my

Suppose Buffalo Tom

I suppose you've lost your patience I'm just too gone to call Squint my eyes forget the reason But now it don't look so bad at all Suppose you left home in the morning And travelled on a train all day

Walking Wounded Buffalo Tom

The evening light still pale I went out to the mail My movements like a snail Apologies from a friend I'm spread out so thin It's time to start again Greetings from the walking wounded Did you just see

Torch Singer Buffalo Tom

These things crawl across my floor I can't use them anymore There's a heaven in her band Alleluias in my hand All my patience love's inside She just climbed the stage and died Lights that rose and fell

Sundress Buffalo Tom

I wanna hear your sad sad voice come to me loud and clear I wanna hear your lips and tongue form the words no ears should hear And I wanna watch you while your face reddens with fear And watch your eyes

Fortune Teller Buffalo Tom

Reaching back, I'm a fortune teller I'll tell her I'm the way There will be those days Can't make them go away There are always ways of telling They are crazy about me Grass is what I'm after Tracks got

Anything That Way Buffalo Tom

The moon was full your whiskey sour Oh, girl, there's no need to be so dour 'Cause when you walk with me In the beginning of the day You see, I don't need anything that way I'm wishing things could be

Tree House Buffalo Tom

When though, when will you be leaving Way up in the trees Afloat on the seas I can''t afford your voice But I have no choice Your hurt drizzles forth twice nightly And I once held on to

Rules Buffalo Tom

Everyone has their own myths If not their father's troubles It's the mother's kiss But me would you save my life Or take it away from me stab me with a knife Hey you could find it in yourself, I know To

Guiding Star Buffalo Tom

When everything you own is lost And every friendship has its cost Your rolling stone has gathered moss And all your clouds cover the sun And all your karma has undone Remember youre my number one.

Darl Buffalo Tom

"I'm not cryin' for ya I'll let the angels bore ya I'm just tryin' to understand 1,2,3,4,5 I'm callin' Julie you just keep on walkin' I can't laugh at all that matters I can't sleep at night without

Racine Buffalo Tom

Racine took a trip to Long Island She got so tired of Times Square Sometimes she'd look at herself in the mirror Sometimes she wouldn't even dare Racine always dreamed of Long Island Things always seemed

Hawaiian Baby Buffalo Tom

This is a picture of Hawaii that you brought me Santa Claus with a baby that you brought me Standing by the back screen door watching you wash dishes Writing love letters to other just for kicks Moving

See To Me Buffalo Tom

It's a cold northern rain Two degrees abov I'm standing outside the chinese With a glow lamp to light my way See to me now There's no manual to show you how But there's reams of scrapbooks in my basement

All Tomorrow's Parties Buffalo Tom

And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrows parties A hand-me-down dress from who knows where To all tomorrows parties And where will she go and what shall she do When midnight comes

Birdbrain Buffalo Tom

out in bushes Playing, playing with plastics Birdbrain, they say Im a birdbrain If I am then can I just fly away Shoe straps and eyelashes washing my brain Twenty-five years are just washed down the

I'm Allowed Buffalo Tom

Waited for an answer But I waited for twenty five years They stopped my bleeding But could never stop all those tears I waited for the day when He came out from beneath all that weight I tried to

Skeleton Key Buffalo Tom

I am so seasick of being out to sea It's got to be the worst thing That's ever happened to me But I've got my free pass My skeleton key I can open every door That stands in front of me You are so crazy

Frozen Lake Buffalo Tom

I'm between the lines just one more time Read it in a book I almost looked In the frozen lake she comes and takes Give up my whole world she's just a girl In my frozen mind I'm stuck in time I can't

500,000 Warnings Buffalo Tom

thousand warnings I'll smash you Six hundred thousand million times that we've been through Inside an old farm house that I've never been to I'll find a thousand reasons, It's you I'll do it to Ladies of the

Stymied Buffalo Tom

Broken By words left unspoken I thought you was joking The words you say Stymied Please come untie me You're lying right beside me Don't lie to me Lying I caught you lying You caught me trying

Tangerine Buffalo Tom

Breathless from the coffee I drop my newspaper down And left my eyeballs to read about some other town Your blueberry flu and message at breakfast was nice But when you shoot your mouth off expect to

Postcard Buffalo Tom

You have spoken The photos fading And nothing is going right A shooters hand To turn a cheek to A cough in an empty room at night Leaves are eyes That look inside A secret society Heres victory