Portland ME - The State Theatre

KC Rain

I was born a little sad
I never knew what I had
Mom and dad let it slide
No wonder
I'm never satisfied

I swayed and I swooned
I howled at the moon
Tied myself to the ties
No wonder I'm never satisfied

High in the morning
High in the afternoon
High in evening
When I'm sleeping
I'm with you

Like an old welcome mat
I’m filthy and I’m flat
Now ain’t that the truth
No wonder
I’m so confused

I only care about the cat
Some of this, a little of that
Fat chance I’ll sing the blues
No wonder
I’m so confused

I’m high in the morning
High in the afternoon
High in the evening
When I’m sleeping
I’m with you

written by Jeff Tweedy

Betrayed

Betrayed
Betrayed

Deeper in the mirror
Under a dark marquee
Dreaming I’m awake
Wishing I was still asleep

Betrayed
Betrayed

I broke my finger
Playing middle C
I keep trying to get you
Just to notice me

Betrayed
Betrayed

Sleepier and sleepier
Eyeing the ice in my Chablis
Are you far away
Or are you close enough to be

Betrayed Betrayed Eating with my family Watching KMOX TV Wasn't I guaranteed By now, there’d be killer bees? Betrayed
Betrayed

Betrayed
Betrayed

written by Jeff Tweedy

One Tiny Flower

The grass is growing
All over town
From the cracks in the sidewalks
Where the shops shut down

One tiny flower I’m jumping over
One tiny flower I’m jumping over
One tiny flower I’m jumping over
One tiny flower I’m jumping over

A wheel rolling to a stop
Blocking out the sun
From where I lay
I know I’m the only one

One tiny flower I’m jumping over
One tiny flower I’m jumping over
One tiny flower I’m jumping over
One tiny flower I’m jumping over

The grass is growing
All over town
From the cracks in the sidewalk
Where all the shops shut down

One tiny flower I’m jumping over
One tiny flower I’m jumping over
One tiny flower I’m jumping over
One tiny flower I’m jumping over

One tiny flower
One tiny flower
One tiny flower (I’m jumping over)
One tiny flower (I’m jumping over)

Skeleton
Under my skin
Blowing in
A low gentle wind

One tiny flower I’m jumping over
One tiny flower I’m jumping over
One tiny flower I’m jumping over
One tiny flower I’m jumping over
One tiny flower I’m jumping over
One tiny flower I’m jumping over
One tiny flower I’m jumping over
One tiny flower I’m jumping over

written by Jeff Tweedy

Caught Up In The Past

Ace Hotel
Los Angeles
Rooftop party sounds
Drifting down into my bed
I hear people in love
With a love that just can’t last
No one stands a chance
Getting caught up in the past

I get so far behind
I forget I’m following
That’s the kind of sad
I wallow in

I’m the last in line
And the line’s moving fast
No one stands a chance
Getting caught up in the past

There’s no crown on my head
Golden light instead
In the corner of my eye
You’re still alive

Pull down the gate
Turn out the lights
I’m a rising sun
That only rolls in at night

There’s a fading flag
I keep flying half-mast
But no one stands a chance
Getting caught up in the past

There’s no crown on my head
Golden light instead
In the corner of my eye
You’re still alive

Ace Hotel
Los Angeles
Rooftop party sounds
Drifting down into my bed
I hear people in love
With a love that just can’t last
No one stands a chance
Getting caught up in the past

Oh it’s a race against time
But you’re never gonna be that fast
’Cause no one stands a chance
Getting caught up in the past
No one stands a chance
Getting caught up in the past

written by Jeff Tweedy

Parking Lot

There’s a version of me that hangs out in parking lots
In my brain
…or my subconscious…
Whatever
He has a car, the hood is popped
Talking to some other me’s I don’t recognize
Gathered around
Staring down at the engine block
Milder me’s
But this guy
This show-off showing off
Kinda rules
He obviously knows a lot about cars
I
Or the me I most am
Drives by in the backseat of my parents’ car
Wondering what it’s like
To care that much about chrome
Sincerely

I’d like to teach the world to sing
(fuck)
Anything!

written by Jeff Tweedy

Forever Never Ends

On the side of the road
In a tuxedo
Three below zero
In a red cummerbund

Highway 13
Not a king not a queen
I didn’t wanna come
To your stupid prom

A hissing road flare
Baby’s breath in her hair
In the middle of nowhere
In the middle of a nightmare

I had to call my dad
I knew he’d be mad
I’d never seen him not mad
Vomit in the frozen grass

Peppermint Schnapps
Well, here come the cops
They don’t even stop
Oh, there they go

Forever never ends
I’m always back there again and again and again
Forever never ends
I’m always back there again and again and again
Forever never ends
I’m always back there again and again and again
Forever never ends
I’m always back there again and again

On the side of the road
In a tuxedo
In the middle of nowhere
In the middle of a nightmare

written by Jeff Tweedy

This is How It Ends

Night time
Up in the air
At the fair
Where you wanted to go
On the old slow
Ferris wheel
Stopped at the top
Where nothing looks real

The stars
Started to spin
When you looked at me
You said
“We can still be friends
Close your eyes
Count to ten
This is how it ends”

Headlights
In her eyes
Butterfly tattoo
Too-tight denim dress
Just a mess
It’s for the best

When the stars start again
Is this really happening?
“We were never friends
Close your eyes
Count to ten
This is how it ends”

“Close your eyes
Count to ten
This is how it ends”

written by Jeff Tweedy

Low Key

 

A Robin or a Wren

At the last last call

When it’s time for us all

To say goodbye

I know I’m gonna cry

Know I'm gonna cry

Because all in all

I’m just having a ball

Being alive

And I don’t want to die

I don’t wanna die

At the end of the end

Of this beautiful dream we’re in

I’ll wake up again

A robin or a wren

And then I’ll sit

Outside your window

I’ll sing a song you’ll recognize

And you won’t know why

You won’t know why

And then a teardrop will fall

Into the corner of the smile

On your face

And I’ll be alive

I’ll be alive

I’ll be alive

I’ll be alive

I’ll be alive

I’ll be alive

Mirror

You are a mirror and the face
You are an object and the space
Your mind goes blind and you are erased
You will be the person taking your place

You are a cure and the pain
You are the desert and the rain
Your mind goes blind and you are erased
You will be the person taking your place

Light on an autumn day
Leaves falling
Tears falling on your grave

You are a mirror and a face
You and I are the same
Your mind goes blind
We are erased
You will be the person digging your grave

High on a summer’s day
Clouds drifting away
Turning grey

written by Jeff Tweedy

Stray Cats In Spain

Oh, what a beautiful day
Following
The mosaic
At an angle
From where we stayed
The Stray Cats
Are playing in Spain

Oh, what a beautiful scene
All the tiger prints set free
I believe
They believe
It’s not what you think
Unless
It’s hot pink

Oh, what a beautiful day
Following
The smell of pomade
At an angle
From today
The Stray Cats
Are playing in Spain
Stray Cats in 2019
Rockin’ in the street

written by Jeff Tweedy

Out In The Dark

Out in the dark
Out in the dark
Out in the dark
Under the money tree
There is no spark
Beyond belief
And there is no point
Definitively
Where do we stop?
Where do we start?
Out in the dark

There are no stars
You were a flower to me
No satellites
It’s an empty street

No houses no cars
How did it go?
How did it go?
Yellow rose
How did it go?
Out in the dark

Out in the dark
Under the money tree
There is no spark
Beyond belief
And there is no point
Definitively
Where do we stop?
Where do we start?
Out in the dark

No houses no cars
How did it go?
How did it go?
Yellow rose
How did it go?
Out in the dark

Out in the dark
Out in the dark
Out in the dark
Out in the dark

written by Jeff Tweedy

Ain't It A Shame

My skin is smooth
My hair is blonde
And I am tan
On a blanket
With my friends
In the sand

Ain’t it a shame
When you wanna die
On a beach in the sun
Not a cloud in the sky
And that’s just not how dying’s done
Ain’t it a shame
When you’re young

I am welcome
I am loved
And I am free
But I have reached for something
I can’t keep

Ain’t it a shame
When you wanna die
On a beach in the sun
Not a cloud in the sky
And that’s just not how dying’s done
Ain’t it a shame
When you’re young

Ain’t it a shame
When you wanna die
On a beach in the sun
Not a cloud in the sky
And that’s just not how dying’s done
It’s not how dyin’s done
(Ain’t it a shame)
Ain’t it a shame
When you’re young

written by Jeff Tweedy

Flowering

 

New Orleans

I’d trade all four limbs
For a parade in New Orleans

I’d hold her in a gold chair
On my shoulders like a queen

I’d sway in the four winds
Digging a grave we’d all get in

I’d trade all four limbs
For a parade in New Orleans

I’d hold her in a gold chair
On my shoulders like a queen

I’m afraid of the snake skin
And the suede boots walking in

written by Jeff Tweedy

Diamond Light Pt. 1

 

Feel Free

Feel free
Get on the floor and dream
Cutting pictures out of a magazine
Feel free

Feel free
Plant yourself like a seed
And take your time being buried
Feel free

Feel free
Carry a torch in the street
Say you’re full when we know you’re empty
Feel free

Feel free
To fall in love with the people you know
And fall harder for the people you don’t
Feel free

Feel free
Keep it all pristine
Clean, in its original packaging
Feel free

Feel free
Taking it slow and easy
Even though your heart is racing
Feel free

Feel free
Swim alone in the open sea
Bounce around holding a baby
Feel free

Feel free
Hail Satan, doesn’t matter to me
Or you can be the devil every Halloween
Feel free

Feel free
Lay it down, like a wreath
And leap over what’s underneath
Feel free

Feel free
To never listen and always speak
To never learn and try to teach
Feel free

Feel free
Kick a ball at a tree
Trying to retrieve your frisbee
Feel free

Feel free
Let It Bleed or Let It Be
John or Paul, Mick or Keith
Feel free

Feel free
Think of your name on a marquee
Aim for something you can’t see
Feel free

Feel free
Spin around and get dizzy
Do I know him? Who is he?
Feel free

Feel free
Get yourself born in the USA
Love with a love they can’t take away
Feel free

Feel free
Shave your head in the sink
Be brave, don’t think
Feel free

Feel free
Put your love above the part you play
Keep your love away from what you get paid
Feel free

Feel free
Make a record with your friends
Sing a song that never ends
Feel free

written by Jeff Tweedy

Lou Reed Was My Babysitter

I wanna sweat next to you
Sweat next to you
With a sticky carpet sucking on my shoes
’Cause rock ‘n’ roll ain’t never gonna lose
Nah-ah

I want you to dance into me
Spill my drink
I wanna feel the kick kickin’ in my teeth
My bleeding heart bleeding to the beat
Uh

Look out

I want you to blow smoke in my eyes
Smoke in my eyes
I wanna shake shake shake shake shake until my shoes untie
’Cause rock ‘n’ roll ain’t ever gonna die
Not as long as you and I are alive
’Cause rock ‘n’ roll is dead
But the dead don’t die

The dead don’t die
The dead don’t die
The dead don’t die
The dead don’t die
Whoo!

The dead don’t die
The dead don’t die
The dead don’t die
The dead don’t die
Raooh!

Look out

I wanna feel everything
I wanna feel everything
I wanna listen to the idiot sing
Until I can’t feel anything
’Cause rock ‘n’ roll is dead
But the dead don’t die

The dead don’t die
The dead don’t die
The dead don’t die
The dead don’t die
Whooo!

The dead don’t die
The dead don’t die
The dead don’t die
The dead don’t die
Raaaaoow!

Look out

The dead don’t die x16

written by Jeff Tweedy

Amar Bharati

The arm Amar Bharati
Lifted in the air
Is still there
In the air
Since 1973

It’s every day
It’s every day
It’s every day
It’s every day
It’s every day

The war Amar Bharati
Put in his right hand
He kept it there
In the air
Since 1973

It’s every day
It’s every day
It’s every day
It’s every day
It’s every day

It’s not a made-up story
Or hyperbole
It’s right there
In the air
Since 1973

It’s still there
It’s in the air
It’s still there
It’s in the air
It’s still there
It’s in the air
It’s still there
It’s in the air

(Still there)
(In the air)
(Still there)
(In the air)
(Still there)
(In the air)
(Still there)
(In the air)
(Still there)
(In the air)
(Still there)
(In the air)
(Still there)
(In the air)

written by Jeff Tweedy

World Away

Half-Asleep

Half asleep

All your dreams

Come alive

You’re all I need

Come to me

Close your eyes

There’s no other

There’s no one

No one

But you

Half of me

Still believes

We never die

Won’t you lay

Next to me

Close your eyes

There’s no other

There’s no one

No one

But you

When you need me

I’ll be there

When you need me

I’ll be there

When you need me

I’ll be there

When you need me

I’ll be there

When you need me

I’ll be there

When you need me

I’ll be there

I’ll be there

I’ll be there

When you need me

There’s no other

There’s no one

But you

Twilight Override

My mind is moving fast
Faster than my stash can last
I’d love a quiet day
Someplace where I could go and stay

Override
Override
Override
Override
Twilight

I’ll need to find a new past
You were sweet, you signed my cast
Now I see clear because
I was not where I thought I was

Override
Override
Override
Override
Twilight

My mind is moving fast
Faster than my stash can last
I’d love a quiet day
Someplace where I could go and stay

Override
Override
Override
Override
Override
Override
Twilight

written by Jeff Tweedy

Family Ghost

I’m a dope

Blowing smoke at a tv screen

I’ve lost all hope

Based on the things I’ve seen

I’m a man content

For the sake of argument

But underneath each added straw

I feel so american

Spray paint me gold

Pull my face up to the blinds

I’m a family ghost

You’ll never leave behind

I wanna exist

Where the misfit fits

I want to have some purpose

I believe what she believes

I believe my children

When the lights go off

There’s no applause

Condescending to the hideous thought

Imprisoned in my lonely skin

I feel so american

Spray paint me gold

Pull my face up to the blinds

I’m a family ghost

You’ll never leave behind

Time will tell this story again

Different clothes than they wore back then

Digging holes and filling them in

I feel so american

Spray paint me gold

Pull my face up to the blinds

I’m a family ghost

You’ll never leave behind

It's Just That Simple

There's a whole lot of money that you gave me
I'd gladly empty my pockets right now
You'd parlay all that by triple
It's just that simple

Those days I'd gladly walk so long for you
Although it seemed I crawled most of the way
After some time I felt like a cripple
It's just that simple

Last week I was thinking about traveling by land
And the time you remember we were by the lake
It wasn't even like we made a ripple
It's just that simple
In my head, the time didn't make a ripple
It's just that simple

Instrumental credits:
Jeff Tweedy – vocals, acoustic guitar
John Stirratt – bass
Max Johnston – mandolin
Ken Coomer – drums
Brian Henneman – guitar
Lloyd Maines – pedal steel guitar

California Stars

I'd like to rest my heavy head tonight
On a bed of California stars
I'd like to lay my weary bones tonight
On a bed of California stars

I'd love to feel your hand touching mine
And tell me why I must keep working on
Yes I'd give my life to lay my head tonight
On a bed of California stars

I'd like to dream my troubles all away
On a bed of California stars
Jump up from my starbed and make another day
Underneath my California stars

They hang like grapes on vines that shine
And warm the lovers' glass like friendly wine
So, I'd give this world
just to dream a dream with you
On our bed of California stars

Published by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc./Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Words-Ampersand Music [BMI]/Titanic Majesties Music [ASCAP] Words: Woody Guthrie [no date] Music: Jay Bennett/Jeff Tweedy 1997 Jay Bennett: piano, backing vocal Billy Bragg: acoustic guitar Ken Coomer: drums and percussion Corey Harris: lap steel guitar Eliza Carthy: violin John Stirratt: electric bass, backing vocal Jeff Tweedy: acoustic guitar, lead vocal

Enough

Has it ever been enough?
Has it ever been OK?
Have you ever felt full
At the end of a day?

Is your heart high?
Don’t lie
Is your heart higher
Than your mind?

Do you feel like you’re dyin’
Tracin’ a line
Out on your own
Like a complete unknown

Is your heart tired?
Don’t lie
Is your heart hidin’
From your fire?

It’s hard to stay in love
It’s hard to stay in love
It’s hard to stay in love
With everyone

Is there anything to say
That could change your day?
I don’t care about your thoughts
I just want everything you got

Is your heart still tryin’?
Is your heart still alive?
Is your heart still fightin’
To get out of your mind?

It’s hard to stay in love
It’s hard to stay in love
It’s hard to stay in love
With everyone

written by Jeff Tweedy