-- YUKON TERRITORY --
JOOLS AND JAIR AND JAMIE - [moderate folky]
14 September 2005 - Squanga Lake, YT
[chorus:]
We were just fools and friends and fighters
Our faces numbered three
There was Jools, the smart one and Jair, the strong one
And Jamie, the scared one, that's me
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We'd roll the roads and darken the doors
And smoke another cigarette
Jools thought it up and Jair made it happen
And I'd just sit there and fret [chorus]
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No petty crimes, no grand felonies
Nothing to go on our records
But we know what happened and why and when
And where the spots left the leopards [chorus]
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We went down to T'ronto and took over Yonge Street
No-one had the slightest notion
They thought it was measles or space aliens
Or something that crawled from the ocean [chorus]
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We went up to Denver and picked the place clean
And had a grand party or three
Jools played backgammon and Jair threw the darts
And I just looke down Larimer Street [chorus]
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One time in Seattle we ran out of coffee
And Jools had to improvise
So, for distraction, Jair played marimba
Up and down somebody's thighs (ow!) [chorus]
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Then time passed by and we drifted apart
All going our separate ways
Jools went to London and Jair tried Honduras
And I ended up in Malaysia [chorus]
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So think of the old days and if ya can't, kill yourself!
See if anyone cares
Don't out-clever Jools, don't out-worry me
And don't try to put one over on Jair [chorus]
PATTERNS IN THE AIR - [ominous waltz]
16 September 2005 - Continental Divide, YT
Something is dead in your shoe
And you think that maybe it's you
And you don't want to look to close
And maybe it's just your toes
So you just lie there and wonder
As you listen to the thunder
As you listen to the thunder
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Something is flat in your head
And it might be your brain that's dead
And you don't want to feel too much
A mushiness under your touch
So you just lie there and think
And you watch the motel lights blink
And you watch the motel lights blink
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Something is dead in your chest
And it might be your heart at rest
And you don't listen for the beat
Or the silence of your dead meat
And you just lay there and stare
At the patterns in the air
At the patterns in the air
At the patterns in the air
I GOT'EM ALL! - [fast folk-rock]
16 September 2005 - Continental Divide, YT
I glued my ivory Buddha to the dashboard
He jiggled when I hit the coast highway
Probably just another ordinary day
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[chorus:]
Don't mess with my gods! Don't mess with my gods!
I got'em all! Don't mess with my gods!
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I stuck my plastic Jesus on the headrest
He frowned as I ran through the fourth red light
It gets pretty dangerous 'round here at night
[chorus]
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I pinned my mylar Krishna to the visor
Flashing lights behind reflect off his face
Illuminating yet another high-speed chase
[chorus]
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I threw my bone Mohammad in the back seat
He rattled when I skidded 'round a blind curve
Sometimes all this really gets on my nerver
[chorus]
-- BRUTISH COLUMBIA --
RADIO HAVANA - [moderate mambo]
17 September 2005 - Boya Lake BC
Radio Havana calls to remind you
The revolution will last much longer than you
The revolution is the greatest strength of the people
All the people, even you, even you
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[chorus:]
I can't hear Radio Havana any more
Radio Havana doesn't come to my door
Radio Havana just sleeps on my floor
I can't hear Radio Havana any more
-
Radio Havana Cuba sings into the night
Sings to make the stars shine brighter
Sings while happy workers roll cigars
Sings even as the blockade grows tighter [chorus]
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Radio Havana tells the world the news
Radio Havana reads the funny pages
Radio Havana reads the gardening tips
Radio Havana tells the red from the blues [chorus]
SOMETHING MOVING - [slow blues]
18 September 2005 - Boya Lake BC
Under the clouds, where the moon tries to hide
Under the clouds, where the moon tries to hide
There's something moving in the dark outside
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There's shifting shadows back behind those thin bare trees
There's shifting shadows back behind those thin bare trees
There's something moving, but I ain't sure what I see
-
[bridge:]
I can't open the window, I can't open the door
I can't close my eyes but I can't hear it any more
[instrumental]
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I don't believe in spirits, don't believe in no evil eye
I don't believe in spirits, don't believe in no evil eye
But there's something moving out there, and I don't know why
HERE COME THE BUGS - [fast boogie]
18 September 2005 - Boya Lake BC
Ya run out of pain pills
Ya run out of drugs
Ya run out of vodka
Now here come the bugs
Now here come the bugs
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Ya roll up the curtains
Ya roll up the rugs
Ya roll up the stairwell
Now here come the bugs, yeah
Now here come the bugs
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Ya glue down the windows
Ya glue down the plumbing
Ya glue down the basement
But the bugs keep coming, yeah
But the bugs keep on coming
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Ya phone up FEMA
Ya phone up the cops
Ya phone up God
But the bugs won't stop, no
But the bugs never stop
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Ya stomp on the larvae
Ya stomp on the grubs
Ya stomp on the queens
But ya can't stop the bugs, no
But ya can't stop the bugs
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Ya pull out the strychnine
Ya take a last chug
The party is over
Now here come the bugs,
Yeah, here come the bugs
NOTHING SHINES DOWN - [slow fiddle]
19 September 2005 - Boya Lake BC
We've fallen past the edge of evening
Down in the darkness where love
And some other things make their home
And nothing shines down from above
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The stars stage their celestial pantomime
We're playing at some sort of art, between
The speculative and the decorative
And nothing shine in past the screen
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Every roadblock, every army checkpoint
Is another station of the cross, and
After we're tortured and whipped and bled
Nothing yet shines, mixed with sand
-
We've fallen back into some reality
Nothing's more unreal that what we see
But that doesn't bother us too much
And nothing shines down on the fantasy
A DATE WITH SCIENCE - [bouncy pop]
19 September 2005 - Boya Lake BC
Science came up the steps, knocked on the door
Science handed me a nice little floral bouquet
I'd never had a real date with Science before
It had to be such an exciting day
-
[chorus:]
I never did anything to Science
And Science never did anything to me
-
Science took us out to a Chinese cafe
We had Kung Pao Crab and nice hot tea
We sat side by side and talked and talked
Science put a scientific hand on my knee [chorus]
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Science brought me homne right at midnight
We hugged and kissed with our tongues at the door
Science walked away under the pale streetlights
So why do I feel like a cheap whore? [chorus]
IN A LITTLE WHILE - [jumping concertina]
19 September 2005 - Dease River BC
She didn't take her pills yet, so
She'll be no use this morning
Maybe in a little while, but
She'll be no use this morning
She'll be no use this morning
She'll be no use this morning
She's hardly any use at all
-
She hasn't changed her clothes yet, so
She'll be no use this afternoon
Maybe just before dinner, but
She'll be no use this afternoon
She'll be no use this afternoon
She'll be no use this afternoon
She's hardly any use at all
-
She hasn't had a drink yet, so
She'll be no use this evening
Maybe just before midnight, but
She'll be no use this evening
She'll be no use this evening
She'll be no use this evening
She's hardly any use at all
THE ICE WORMS - [northwestern with harmonica]
20 September 2005 - Upper Gnat Lake BC
He mushed his dog-team and long sled
Across the twinkling Arctic plain
Beneath the flickering Auroral lights
Trying to get home again
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[chorus:]
He thought that he'd pull it off
He thought that he had it made
But then the ice worms feasted
But then the ice worms feasted
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Over thickly encrusted drifts
Snaking 'round iced-over trees
Every thought led him homeward
Every muffled grunt and wheeze [chorus]
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The dogs sang like happy warriors
Whipping by the dancing polar bears
Shaking snarling wolverines
From their worm-infested lairs [chorus]
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The doom came up like inevitability
Out of the blue-ice frozen lake
Ice-worms leave nothing to identify
Ice-worms leave nothing for a wake [chorus]
-- ALASKA AGAIN --
HARDLY MAKING A SOUND - [folk rock]
22 September 2005 - Hyder AK
The moon shot up in the sky like a rocket
I hardly even noticed it before you
Pointed it out while you felt in my pocket
For another coin or two
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[chorus:]
And oh how the night went by
And oh how the fingers did fly
And oh how the promise lie on the ground
Hardly making a sound
-
The sky lit up like Chinese fireworks
It musta been whin I looked away
To feel your fingers still working there
Like caterpillars on a holiday [chorus]
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[bridge:]
How can I read you? How can I listen?
You pile up words and music around me
An inch of music is a foot of dust
A map of the invisible covered in rust
Every promise I'd be crazy to trust
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I'll always love you, I guess so
No matter what you say or do
No matter if the world explodes
No matter if we end up in a zoo [chorus]
THE MOSQUITOS GOT HIM - [drum+bass]
22 September 2005 - Hyder AK
He tried to get away but the mosquitos got him
Alaska mosquitos, big as helicopters
He tried to get away but he never had a chance
They got him in his eyes and his ears and his pants
-
[chorus:]
He tried to get away but the mosquitos got him
He tried to get away but the mosquitos got him
-
He tried to get away, he ran to the river
He tried to jump in the the mosquitos got him
They carried him off to their nests far away
They dropped him in, they started to play [chorus]
-
His body was found on a forest road
Sucked dry like a mummy, like a dessiccated toad
He never had a chance once the mosquitos got him
One more victim of a heedless world [chorus]
IT'S ON THE TV - [brass-section boogie]
22 September 2005 - Hyder AK
It was on the TV so it must be true
It was on the TV so it must be right
It's been on the TV nearly every night
It's on the TV, it's on the TV
-
It was on the TV just before the news
After a commercial about feeling blue
It was on the TV, I'm telling you
It's on the TV, it's on the TV
-
[bridge:]
I dont' remember exactly what they said
Something somewhere 'bout somebody dead
The pictures stuck right in my head
Just like those movies used to do
-
It was on the TV, I can't go to sleep
It was on the TV and it got me scared
Now it's in my head like something crawing in my hair
It's on the TV, it's on the TV
It's on the TV, it's on the TV
LOOK PAST THE GOLD - [dulcimer+autoharp]
23 September 2005 - Hyder AK
Look at my heart, look at my dreams
My heart isn't gold, my dreams aren't gold
We can only know the world, the world
'The moment it's destroyed, it's destroyed
-
[chorus:]
Look past the gold, look past the words
Look past the flowers and the blackbirds
-
There's something in Alaska besides ice and snow
Something in the Far North besides the Wendigo
Something in the Far South besides the dreams
Something, but i'm not sure what it means [chorus]
-
[bridge:]
A woman gives birth to life and pain
A man gives birth to words and rumors
The dawn gives birth to a new day
And a new night and tomorrow and tomorrow
-
Deserts of water and heat and cold
Deserts of sand and silver and gold
Deserts where it rains dry tears at night
Deserts lost in the candlelight [chorus]
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