May Walls
Leavin's Easier Annie Love
Curtain Call Moondog Juice
Aphrodisiac Tell Me What it Takes
Back To You What Do I Know of Love
Joker's Wild Return To Blue
May

It's been a long time since you called me
I almost can't recall your voice
And though time it keeps on movin'
I still see your face, in the rain
Five years have passed,
but it seems like yesterday
Lookin' back we knew it'd be this way
Now I wanna go back to that merry merry month of May.

I used to chase you through the back woods, out to the edge of town
We used to stay out till dawn and watch the moon go down, go down
We were to young to really know if it was love
As I sit here and think about that day
I wanna go back to that merry merry month of May

I got your picture on my mind, Yeah I keep it in my head
And a shoe box full of memories that I keep beneath my bed
Sometimes late at night I'm calling out your name
And I think of all the things I'd like to say
If I could go back to that merry merry month of May

Five years are gone but it seems like yesterday
If only I could find myself today
Back in time to that merry merry month of May
Leavin's Easier

One night of passion, led me to a lifetime of pain,
All of my pleasure has left me in shame
I feel the dragon, licking me raw and I feel my sin
Is taking me down, I'm down once again

You know I hate to
I hate to leave you and see you cry
It seems to me now
Leavin's easier than sayin' goodbye

The damage is done, the joker has won she's killin' my soul,
And I hear the words goin' 'round in my mind
My head's feelin' heavy, my feet will never touch the ground
And I feel my heart beginning to pound

You know I hate to,
I hate to leave you and see you cry
It seems to me now
Leavin's easier than sayin' goodbye
You know I hate to,
Hate to hurt you and leave you behind
Just believe me,
Leavin's easier than sayin' goodbye

There's sand in my throat
And vines that wrap around my heart
And I'm gettin' dizzy from this
Wine in my head

(chorus)

Curtain Call

Who are you, who do you think you are
You can steal and not think twice
Like a bug you fester and plot your schemes
You've crawled up from the bottom

Sooner or later
The chips will fall
Your world will tumble down
To the curtain call

No regret, for the things you've done
Set it straight my little one
Everything wrong, is the way you play
Dark is your day

Can't you hear them clawing
at your back door
Who'll be laughing
At the curtain call

Take all you want, you still want more
You think they owe you something?
But in the end now, it's all so clear
You find they've owed you nothing

No religion
In your battered life
Who'll catch you when you fall
At the curtain call

Aphrodisiac

You're cuttin' school again
You're such a hooligan
And mama tells me you're not right
for me

Trouble seems to follow you
in your darkened shadows
Come on lets get out before the
world closes in

I know you're off track
And a megalomaniac
But to me you're an aphrodisiac
Let's go hijack a '65 Pontiac
We'll hit the road and never look back

You're playin' it cool again
I feel like the fool again
But that's alright because I'm in your spell
Now it's time to seize the day
and make our getaway
Come on let's go out
before they come crashing in

(chorus)

You're playin' me cruel again
And making me drool again
And I'm wondering if we're ever
gonna get out of here
'Cause I feel them closin' in
They think our love's a sin
Come on let's get out
before the world crashes in

(chorus)

Back to You

Well I'm staring into darkness
trying to find the light
I can't find any answers
here in the night

There are saviors and villains
all dressed up alike
I just can't discern them
Please bring back my sight

I know I
I know I
I know I'm gonna make it
Even though I've been trying
I've been denying
But I know I'm gonna make it
back to you

Well I tried to climb the mountain
but I've fallen back down
I guess I belong here
Down on the ground

But I've traveled this far
This far on my own
Please accompany me now
and bring me back home

(chorus)

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Joker's Wild

I've been told the joker is wild
Someone told me the joker is wild
I should have learned by his words
Cause the joker told me himself

Mama said the joker's out there
Waiting for my time of dispair
He'll take you in, make you feel
right at home
Lock you in and leave you alone

Waiting there in the darkness
he'll find you
you know he will, you know he will
Ah he's out to get me

Light it up relax with a smile
Close your eyes
Leave the world for awhile
Let it take the place of your pain
And climb aboard the jester's train

Waiting there in the darkness
he'll find you, youknow he will
Play you for the fool
you know he will, he always will,
he always will
Ah he's out to get me

I've been told the joker's wild
Someone told me the joker is wild
I should have learned by his words
Cause the joker told me himself

Ah he's out to get me!


Walls

They sat in the park holding hands
skipping stones and sharing plans
He thought the hills they are alive
Loves light was flickering inside


She said I must leave here today
to be home where skies are gray
He looked deep in her eyes
They kissed and did
not say good-bye

She drove north on 61
He fell prey to the setting sun
She was confused as he was stunned
Wondering what they had begun

You can build up walls around you
But everybody needs a change
When you leave it all behind you
Everybody thinks you're strange


He laid alone in bed that night
counting sheep then scribbling lines
He painted pictures in his mind
a werewolf warned with a cry

She wrote him letters everyday
She laughed and stored them all away
She wondered if they'd meet again
She wondered where he'd always been

(chorus)

She waited till the stars aligned
She made a vow and flipped a dime
She drove quickly into time
Her heart was singing like a chime

He sat in the park all alone
wonderin' if his luck was gone
He felt hands covering his eyes
They laughed and made love in the night

(Chorus)

He spoke of fate and godly signs
She showed her double-headed dime
They sat together holding hands
skipping stones and making plans

Annie Love

Annie Love you've always made me
laugh and cry all in the same tear
Lately your eyes are full of emptiness
it makes your feelings hard to find

Innocence like money spent
the wells have long run dry
Babe I'm thirsty too
Funny how we spend our lives losing it
in hopes of finding something new

(chorus)

Annie Love I don't know why
You spend every day high
You've always stood for bread and wine
I can't believe your not in line

The queen of swords
seems like she comes up every time
how she smiles on you
Every time that I see her face
it only makes me love you more

You love Dylan, you think his words
are so divine. Oh no Van Gogh
You spend so much time trying to find God
you better try and find yourself

(chorus)

 

 


Moondog Juice

I left St. Louis with a heavy load
Tryin' to get to Memphis for a one night show
You know down on Beale you just can't lose
When you play a little bit of that delta blues

Hit the stage with fire in my soul
Wall to wall another sold out show
Everybody gettin' high everybody gettin' loose
They just can't get enough of that moondog juice

All I want all I need is one
more shot please
All I want all I need is one
more shot please


The women hotter than a Mississippi breeze
One more shot brought 'em to their knees
They used to wear their one man's shoes
'Til they got a little taste of that moondog juice

(chorus)

Tell Me What It Takes

Tell me what it takes to be with you
I'll be a boy I'll be a girl
I'll do what ever you do
Would you like me to be mean and crude
I wanna know what it takes to be with you

I really like that little sassy look
You got me on your line like a fish on a hook
Well I cry all night but you still resist
I try I still try to be on your list

I'll be anything that you want me to be
I'll cut my hair I'll brush my teeth
I won't eat anything that you don't want me to
I'll shave my head and get a tattoo

(chorus)

I'll even like you when you act like a brat
I'll even call you skinny when you get fat
Oh well I've been dragged through the mud before
But with you I'll get up and ask for more

I'll be anything that you want me to be
I'll cut your hair I'll brush your teeth
I won't eat anything that you don't want me to
I'll shave my head and get a tattoo

(chorus)


What Do I Know Of Love

Well the rain is starting to fall
and that old heartache begins to call
and everyone knows just how I feel
The day we said goodbye
was the day I began to cry
'cause I knew that day
my love for you was real

(chorus)

Tell me what do I know of love
what do I know of love
and how can I be in love without you

I picked up my guitar
and made myself a star
singing songs of love and songs about my life
But no song of love can say
How I missed you since that day
When you took my love
you also took my soul

(chorus)

 

Produced by Noah's Rain and Andy Kastrup
Engineered by Andy Kastrup
Recorded at PTI Studios
All guitar processing with PTI electronics
All songs written by Noah's Rain except for lyrics on tracks 7 & 8 by Domenic Tricamo, track 11 by Corky Schillinger.
© 1997 Noah's Rain

Return to Blue

Can you tell me the road
to your door
It seems I'm lost once again
I can't find any signs
that show the way
I think they've all
been blown away

The clouds in my head
keep turnin' me around
Everywhere I go
just turns me upside down

Take me back to those
fields of gold and green
Spinning yarns of colored dreams
Show me now the life I once knew
Until the sky returns to blue

Will you show me
the way out of here
My whole life has come and gone
The sky is white,
the leaves are black
and the rain is falling grey

The clouds in my head
keep spinning me around
Everywhere I step
just turns me round and round

(chorus)

(chorus)