It’s been a long time coming now Heaven and earth are crying out Is there an easier way? Can we get a break from the heat? Seasons of failure and fire and drought Give reason to fear and hate and doubt There’s peace in the rain And we wait with open mouths Chorus: Oh heat lightning crashing High above the dark corn fields Clouds flashing, my wife at the wheel Oh the world feels swollen now I think somethings going down But but ain’t that just the way it always feels? I feel so incredibly small I feel lucky to be here at all Out in the darkness Marvelous stars Begin to fall I got a feeling I can’t ignore Maybe we’ve passed this way before Out in the darkness Wondering what could be in store Chorus: Oh heat lightning crashing High above the dark corn fields Clouds flashing, my wife at the wheel Oh the world feels swollen now I think somethings going down But but ain’t that just the way it always feels?

Can’t believe you can’t believe nobody else And you seem to think I can’t do my thinking for myself Well I Told myself I wouldn’t tell myself another lie So I won’t tell myself I won’t tell myself another lie Cuz Common ground’s all we seem to have in common now Heaven help us we’re helpless to help each other out Chorus: Well we’ve been down down down Down this road before I bet When I get down down down I try to remember that but it’s easy to forget I Can’t believe you can’t believe nobody else And you seem to think I can’t do my thinking for myself On that I’m torn as well, but I sure as hell am gonna try to hold myself to this hope we could see eye to eye Cuz common grounds all we seem to have in common now Nothin but the mud and blood on which we were found Chorus: Well we’ve been down down down Down this road before I guess And I get down down down Downright stressed I must confess But maybe this is progress

When I go to meet my maker I’m gonna bring a bag of ice And a steel martini shaker Whiskey and a lime Cuz if I go to heaven I always thought it would be nice To grab myself a cloud and sit on down And taste the Sour cherry citrus sky I’d Pour a drink for old St. Peter He’d pretend to be offended by the bribe But He’d pull me aside with a wink and word to the wise And say “hey here’s mud in your eye” Chorus: My love - if I leave without warning At sunset fill a glass up with ice And meet me on the porch I’ll be pouring Whiskey and sour cherry citrus sky Dogs afraid of the thunder TVs on all night I’d sit on my cloud and wonder at the meaning of this life Then I’d run and ask St. Peter If he’d be kind enough to explain He’d point to a sign that reads “enjoy” and then with a sigh he'd say “cmon kid don’t be a pain” Chorus: Now I’m up - 4 o’clock in the morning You’re gone - dog is barking outside My love - if I leave without warning Think I’d miss this more than I’d like To taste whiskey sour cherry citrus skies

Lyrics: Well I don’t claim to play the part of the martyr But I just don't think I can work any harder I’m a real go-getter a real self-starter But I think I’m in need of a little recharger I’m takin few days up in Eagle Harbor... Well it’s a real change of pace up in Eagle Harbor No need to make haste up in Eagle Harbor now I can’t be late - makin an early departure Without a delay not a moment to waste… I’m gone I’m gone I’m gone to Lake Superior I’m gone I’m gone I’m gone to Lake Superior Where I belong Well I’m driving up north till I can’t go any farther Yeah I can’t wait to escape up to Eagle Harbor Well it ain’t no Hollywood or Santa Barbara But when the red sun sinks into the water No one can say anything any smarter than… “Oooh...oooh... ooh" Ahhhh...ahhhh...ahhhh" Bridge: Oh I can’t get enough of the Keweenaw peninsula Oh get me to Gitchie Gumee. I’m in love With the moon and the loons, the pontoons and the pasties They say it’s “Gods Country” and it’s true if you ask me: Life everlasting with each summer passing by Now Ain’t nothings changed since President Carter Since we first found out who was Luke’s father But there ain’t nothin you could say or pay, trade or barter To keep me away, so don’t even bother I’m gone I’m gone I’m gone to Lake Superior I’m gone I’m gone I’m gone to Lake Superior When dawn has come I’ll be gone to Lake Superior When this song is done I'm gone to Lake Superior where I belong

Can you hear me, if you're out there? Make the wind blow if you can... I'm alone now and it's not fair Amen We were dancing in the backyard Just to spite the petty rain Green envy filled the heavens How else to explain? And where did you go? I still needed you I guess we're both In the starlight just singing the blues I had a lovely time I'm over the moon How about you? Garden of pure starlight, An unbelievable view but we've still got the blues Say hey to Grandma Maria And tell the big guy to cut us some slack If he's got anymore bright ideas About who to bring on back And why did you go? I still needed you I guess we're both In the starlight just singing the blues I had a lovely time I'm over the moon How about you? Garden of pure starlight, An unbelievable view but we've still got the blues

I know what you’re thinking - I’m screwing around And if I were thinking I would be turning around And heading back to the city Well I hate to let you down But Now I’m free But true freedom is only In between towns In between ages and stages When you’re allowed it Cuz as soon as you arrive That’s when they nail you down Just look at me So when this life is over I wanna be reborn a Buddha Or do I? Or do I? Or do i? I’ll take the four leaf highway clover Until this life is over Until I See through my true eyes Meanwhile the city is shrinking I’m heading south bound And Abe Lincoln is winking In the shape of a cloud The sky is pink and blue and gold And as the suns going down I feel free I guess I’ll know when it hits me But it hasn’t yet I’m stuck in dukkha, samsara And it’s all in my head The open road is sometimes As close as It gets to being free And then I won’t come back I’m never coming back Never coming back again

Heaven knows I never came close to holy hell no, They'd never buy that load of baloney Still I hope they can find a way to employ me as some beauty in this life I have a job in mind: I could Shine down below me On all the alleyways so they don’t seem so lonely end of the day, you’d stop wherever you’re going and say “it’s beautiful tonight” And that would make me feel alright Chorus: Angels don’t retire They got somewhere to be And if I don’t make the choir I’m hoping to be The sunset in the alley So If I’m on oxygen, taking medicine, Slowly losing my memory and all my energy Hold me… But when my time has come baby ya gotta let go of me cuz duty calls above But when I’m gone and ya need a bit of consoling You know my truest self of all the people who know me I’m ready for the job cuz you have already shown more beauty in this life than I could ever hope to know

I had fell asleep watching turbine towers blink in the passenger seat of the car and I had a dream of a science fiction scene: red lights touching down on a farm And at the gas station half a mile up the road I told 'em I'd seen a UFO They didn't believe me, but I didn't blame them And I guess I woke up just then Cuz when I heard you laugh, I cried, "Hey man, you gotta believe me!" "Relax" you said "you're fine. You were talking in your sleep" And "it's alright, it's alright you were dreaming, but it's alright now" In West Lafayette, where we spent the whole weekend I took a nap on your mother's couch And when I woke up, I wasn't quite sure where I was "this could be heaven," I said out loud Cuz under the table: sunlight on the floor Sunlight is what I've been looking for Church bells in the distance were starting to ring, Birds singing in spite of everything And this is going to make you laugh, but I cried tears of joy, cuz it finally hit me: I don't have to wait to enjoy yeah, I guess this is it And it's alright, it's alright if I'm dreaming - I don't mind now I had some drinks with a neighbor recently and passed out on the kitchen floor and in the morn, I remembered the night before told myself "you can't do this anymore once the baby is born" I was out in the garden in the middle of the night trying to find a good place to hide the cigarette carton that I just bought hoping I wouldn't get caught Then I stumbled and i fell and my head hit the grass and I won't repeat what I said - it's too crass but I got mad and I got back on my feet and said... "alright! alright! no more drinking - this is the last time and I won't lie anymore I've been dreaming of this whole life my whole life now" The half moon looks like half a watermelon slice gone white as a ghost tonight As I fall asleep with you laying next to me, half smiling, I close my eyes