My joints aren’t loyal and I’m feeling old This weather has got me down And everyone I pass reminds me of a used up rodeo clown It’s times like this can’t help myself I gotta get in the car Any distance satisfies when the radio plays NPR I find myself in our old neighborhood Where you kissed me in the snow Fumbling in the vacant lot so that Jesus wouldn’t know Your hair was crystallizing The flurries were making sheep I wasn’t the first boy that you loved but I could be the first man to keep Nothing goes according to plan Does it, Mary Anne? But I’ll come around again [instrumental] Well I don’t know if you recollect The way we had such kind neglect And I can’t tell if I’m just bored Playing with rhymes instead of cutting the cord I’m sorry for misremebering I’m sorry I never called I’m mostly sorry I haven’t told you it’s you I miss after all Sometimes you beat the rain Sometimes it beats you And sometimes the story you’ve told yourself turns out not to be true Nothing goes according to plan Does it, Mary Anne? But I’ll come around again Nothing goes according to plan Forgive me, Mary Anne Till I come around again

VERSE 1 trains roll by like a melody and oh my god we got it good we got it good, just like we knew we would Lord knows we got it good VERSE 2 fortified like a cup of tea and oh my god we got it good we got it good, just like we knew we would Lord knows we got it good CHORUS I don't know / where the road will go but you can count on me Till the end / my love though there may be stars above I know / the brightest star is you Till the end / my love starlight fits you like a glove and your eyes / are what it's shining through SOLO VERSE 3 You and I are all we need feed the fire with some wood we got it good, just like we knew we would Lord knows we got it good CHORUS

V1 A guy like me should be set behind a desk Nudging papers down the hall A quiet life, a simple nest Two cars, suburban Montreal V2 Well I found something else gonna dedicate myself As long as it’s ok with you The things I’ll do for love Rougher than the devil true C But I see stars through your eyes But I see stars through your eyes V3 Fighting’s what I do Protection’s what I am Empty my mind for the motion And I’ll knock ‘em to the Rio Grande V4 Well Godard and Laraque Never had a chance like this If the league thought I’d just lay down It’s your pride that I’d miss C Cause I see stars through your eyes Cause I see stars through your eyes Br Never seen a light like that before I’ll be your fighting Doukhobor I’d wrestle God to get one more Stumbling backwards to your door [solo] V5 I’ve been beaten bad it’s true Couldn’t even feel my toes Bruises piled on my face Circling wagons round my nose V6 Leaning hard against your bed Dawn has miles still to go And when your breathing changes I know that you’re asleep Little girl your daddy is aglow C And I see stars through your eyes And I see stars through your eyes

I want to see the cities shrink every time I fly I want to sleep the night away after every rye I want to keep you here with me and never be alone I want to see your eyes light up every time I’m home I want to see a different scene every time I blink I want to fix this mess we made every time I think I want to hit the perfect chord every time I strum I just want the perfect verse every time I hum

[Verse 1] I don't want to hear the noises on TV I don't want the salesmen coming after me I don't want to live in my father's house no more I don't want it faster, I don't want it free I don't want to show you what they've done to me I don't want to live in my father's house no more I don't want to choose black or blue I don't want to see what they've done to you I don't want to live in my father's house no more [Hook] Because the tide is high And it's rising still And I don't want to see it at my windowsill [Verse 2] I don't want to give them my name and address I don't want to see what happens next I don't want to live in my father's house no more I don't want to live with my father's debt You can't forgive what you can't forget I don't want to live in my father's house no more I don't want to fight in the holy war I don't want the salesmen knocking at my door I don't want to live in America no more [Hook] Because the tide is high And it's rising still And I don't want to see it at my windowsill I don't want to see it at my windowsill I don't want to see it at my windowsill I don't want to see it at my windowsill [Verse 3] MTV, what have you done to me? Save my soul, set me free Set me free, what have you done to me? I can't breathe, I can't see World War III, when are you coming for me? Been kicking up sparks to set the flames free The windows are locked now, so what'll it be? A house on fire or the rising sea? Why is the night so still? Why did I take the pill? Because I don't want to see it at my windowsill [Outro] I don't want to see it at my windowsill

V1 You could be a prophet, you could be a millionaire Study astrophysics, or make your way cutting hair I’ll ask you all about it, who and what and when and where V2 You could live in London, you could live in Mozambique Settle in the tropics or run from the heat I’d be eager to visit, could even put me to work for my keep Ch. It makes no difference to me as long as I’m by your side Come what may, come what may You’re proof the equipment works That it’s not all a joke Can’t wait to know you, kidney bean V3 You could sit here with me and sing songs while I play Or wander to the backyard and help Mom with the clay You’re going to do it all your own way Inst. V4 Today the soil's turning, tomorrow you’ll be joining our flock When that hazy stream of being clears itself on the rocks And you’ll be stuck with us, better get used to that Ch. It makes no difference to me as long as I’m by your side Come what may, come what may You’re proof the equipment works That it’s not all a joke Can’t wait to know you Come along and I’ll show you Can’t wait to know you, kidney bean

All my friends were there just to stand in my place And my mother she came and painted my face And I left to fight but the war wasn’t long Will you stay with me 'til I finish this song? Oh I’ve come to terms with all the lies that I’ve told Oh I’ve got some regrets but not the things that I’ve sold Cause I’ve put my heart in all of the things that I’ve made I don’t look to fight but I’ll sharpen my blade I’m the second child of a family of two I’m not born to be a natural leader like you But I’ve found something I can lose myself in Cross the border and I can finally sleep again There are many lines I’ve let disappear And my memories, most left for the frontier And the cards came down, I played out my hand I was born to write all the words for my band

[Verse 1] All the stories have been told Of kings and days of old But there's no England now (there's no England now) All the wars that were won and lost Somehow don't seem to matter very much anymore All the lies we were told (all the lies we were told) All the lies of the people running round Their castles have burned Now I see change But inside we're the same as we ever were [Chorus] Living on a thin line Tell me now, what are we supposed to do? Living on a thin line (living on a thin line) Tell me now, what are we supposed to do? Living on a thin line (living on a thin line) Living this way, each day is a dream What am I, what are we supposed to do? Living on a thin line (living on a thin line) Tell me now, what are we supposed to do? [Verse 2] Now another century nearly gone (gone) What are we gonna leave for the young? What we couldn't do, what we wouldn't do It's a crime, but does it matter? Does it matter much, does it matter much to you? Does it ever really matter? Yes, it really, really matters [Chorus] Living on a thin line (living on a thin line) Tell me now, what are we supposed to do? Living on a thin line (living on a thin line) Tell me now, what are we supposed to do? [Bridge] Then another leader says "Break their hearts and break some heads" Is there nothing we can say or do? Blame the future on the past Always lost in bloody guts And when they're gone, it's me and you [Chorus] Living on a thin line Tell me now, what are we supposed to do? Living on a thin line (living on a thin line) Tell me now, what are we supposed to do? Living on a thin line