Indigo Girls

[fox69]

"Make It Easier"

"Make It Easier"


I'm in search of greener pastures, don't like my gar- den's what i said, although i'm working harder than last year, i'm still deep in the red, i am rowing as hard as i can, and they're selling me up a stream, i'm always one more step away from the american dream. i got a chip on my shoulder about the size of a mental block, i've got someone on the telephone trying to sell me a future in stock, maybe i work too hard to be happy, and i should practice letting go, but it's hard not to rock the boat when you're sailing against the undertow.
I want to slide into the black and wear the black mask, i might not get what i lack, but it doesn't hurt to ask if i want to sail, i need my life to be breezier i said, please, god, or someone, make it easier.
I went to sunday school every sunday swallowed the bait and i got the hook and when i needed something someday i would read the good book. tell me, what does it take to get ahead? sometimes i know i'd sell my soul when it looks like everybody else is flying, and i'm crawling in the hole, maybe if i open my own business, maybe if i buy the lottery ticket, someone tell me what is the secret to getting out of the thicket? give me more than just a sample, i need a whole lot of glory then my life become an example of the american success story.
I want to slide into the black and wear the black mask, i might not get what i lack, but it doesn't hurt to ask if i want to sail, i need my life to be breezier i said, please, god, or someone, make it easier.

 

[fox69]

"Making Promises"

"Making Promises"


What am I gonna do with you?
So far away, it makes me blue
I never mind just being alone
but I felt defeated and I let it show
You know I could have ridden the rainbow
And this once I needed you to let me know

[CHORUS:]
I couldn't keep myself from making promises
I'm of two hearts and up all night
I couldn't keep myself from making promises
I'm gonna get it right this time

Who's gonna say you paid your dues
With the strung out soundman
and the promoter dude?
With a pat on the back just a little far down
You cut your teeth on a drinking crowd
Ah never mind you didn't make it
What's the point if you're never gonna shake it?

[CHORUS:]

And when the spring is coming around
And I'm feeling braver I'm gonna lay it down
And when the teenage hoodlums come out
I'm gonna give 'em a smile
And just a little doubt
Ah never mind you didn't make it
What's the point if you're never gonna shake it?

[CHORUS:]

 

[fox69]

"Mariner Moonlighting"

"Mariner Moonlighting"


Mariner Moonlighting
Building for keeps
The art of the theater
And joinery

Something of wood and iron
Steady and strong
The joining of hearts
Is a trick far beyond me

Cupids of heaven
Are painted to mock him
'Cuz baby won't go (baby won't go)
Go for that show

I read your name in charcoal
A century ago
I stood in the rafters
The world moved below

All for the reverie
Of rigging and rope
Untangle the tempest of love
Is another man's calling

The cupids of heaven
Are painted to mock him
'Cuz baby won't go (baby won't go)
Go for that show

Oh, to be free
From the swell of the moon
To stand in one place
While she moves to you

The cupids of heaven
Are painted to mock him
'Cuz baby won't go (baby won't go)
Go for that show

 

[fox69]

"Midnight Train To Georgia"

"Midnight Train To Georgia"


L.A. proved too much for the man
(Too much for the man)
(He couldn't make it)
So he's leaving the life he's come to know
(He said he's going)
He said he's going back to find
(Going back to find)
What's left of his world
The world he left behind
Not so very long ago
Oh yeah

He's leaving
(Leaving)
On that midnight train to Georgia
(Leaving on a midnight train)
Oh yeah
Oh y'all
Said he's going back to find
(He's going back to find)
A simpler place and time
(And when he takes that ride)
Yes he is
(Guess who's gonna be right by his side)
I'll be with him
(I know you will)
On that midnight train to Georgia
(Leaving on a midnight train to Georgia)
(Whoo whoo)
I'd rather live in his world
(Live in his world)
Than live without him in mine
(World, world)
(It's his, his and hers alone)

He kept dreaming
(Dreaming)
That one day he'd be a star
(A superstar but he didn't get far)
But he sure found out the hard way
That dreams don't always come true
(Dreams don't always come true)
Oh no
(Uh uh no uh uh)
So he sold all his hopes
And he even sold his own car
And bought a one way ticket back
To the life that he once knew
Oh yes he did
He said he would

I know he's leaving
(Leaving)
On that midnight train to Georgia
(Leaving on a midnight train)
Oh yeah
Oh y'all
Said he's going back to find
(He's going back to find)
A simpler place and time
(And when he takes that ride)
Yes he is
(Guess who's gonna be right by his side)
I've got to be with him
(I know you will)
On that midnight train to Georgia
(Leaving on the midnight train to Georgia)
(Whoo whoo)
I'd rather live in his world
(Live in his world)
Than live without him in mine
(World, world)
(It's his, his and hers alone)

He's leaving
(He's leaving)
On a midnight train to Georgia
(Leaving on a midnight train)
Oh yeah
He said he's going back to find
(He's going back to find)
A simpler place and time
(And when he takes that ride)
(Guess who's gonna be right by his side)
I've got to be with him
(I know you will)
On that midnight train to Georgia
(Leaving on a midnight train to Georgia)
(Whoo whoo)
I'd rather live in his world
(Live in his world)
Than live without him in mine

(World, world)
(Is his, his and hers alone)
(World is his, his and hers alone)
(All aboard)
(One world)
(Her man, his girl)
I've got to go
(All aboard)
I've got to go
(One world)
I've got to go
(Her man, his girl)
I've got to go
(All aboard)
I've got to go
(One world)
I've got to go right now
(Her man, his girl)
(All aboard)
(One world)
(Her man, his girl)
(All aboard)
(One world)
(Her man, his girl)

 

[fox69]

"Moment Of Forgiveness"

"Moment Of Forgiveness"


Well I guess that I was lonely,
that's why I called you on the phone.
'Cause in a moment of forgiveness,
I didn't want to be alone.
And I guess that I was willin,
more than I ever was before.
'Cause in a moment of forgiveness,
I come a knockin at your door.
Baby I woke up cryin last night
just to realize that you were gone.
Has it been two long years without you?
When are you gonna come home?
I guess that I was hoping
that you'd finally understand,
and in a moment of forgiveness,
you'd reach out and take my hand.
Now baby I know you're not one
for bearing witness.
You told me that one wrong move
is gonna sell you out.
I see that you kept your word
And made it harder than it had to be.
Wish I could save you the trouble baby,
give you a little peace of mind.
Baby I woke up cryin last night
just to realize that you were gone.
Has it been two long years without you?
When are you gonna come home?
I guess that I was hoping
that you'd finally understand,
and in a moment of forgiveness,
you'd reach out and take my hand.

 

[fox69]

"Money Made You Mean"

"Money Made You Mean"


So money made you mean
and that's not how it's supposed to be.
You're ready to challenge and defend,
yeah, but for all the wrong reasons.

How much do we really need?
a question, if you have to ask
just means what it means-
the question that says everything.

Right and left it's all the same conspiracy
just cause you ask, doesn't make a difference to me.

You could keep it all or give it away
but where did it come from in the first place?
Robbing Peter to pay me, and I'll just be
giving it back to Peter to feel free.

Now you have to fix everything that's broke
cause it'll never leave you alone.
Reinvent the wheel, be the butt of a joke,
take the long road to charity.

Right or left it's all the same conspiracy
robbing Peter to pay Paul
or robbing Peter to pay me.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul
or robbing Peter to pay me.

Yeah it's just too hard, oh well, jump in.
Forget about the sharks and swim,
cause now you're one, now you're one.
You can't deny it anymore.

Right or left it's all the same conspiracy
robbing Peter to pay Paul
or robbing Peter to pay me.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul
or robbing Peter to pay me.

You can't deny it anymore.

 

[fox69]

"Mystery"

"Mystery"


Each time you'd pull down the driveway i wasn't sure when i would see you again yours was a twisted blind-sided highway no matter which road you took then oh you set up your place in my thoughts moved in and made my thinking crowded now we're out in the back with the barking dogs my heart the red sun your heart the moon clouded i could go crazy on a night like tonight when summer's beginning to give up her fight and every thought's a possibility and voices are heard but nothing is seen why do you spend this time with me maybe an equal mystery so what is love then is it dictated or chosen does it sing like the hymns of 1000 years or is it just pop emotion and if it ever was here and it left does it mean it was never true and to exist it must elude is that why i think these things of you but i could go crazy on a night like tonight when summer's beginning to give up her fight and every thought's a possibility and voices are heard but nothing is seen why do you spend this time with me maybe an equal mystery oh
but you like the taste of danger it shines like sugar on your lips and you like to stand in the line of fire just to show you can shoot straight from your hip there must be a 1000 things you would die for i can hardly think of two but not everything is better spoken aloud not when i'm talking to you oh the pirate gets the ship and the girl tonight breaks a bottle to christen her basking in the exploits of her thief she's a very good listener and maybe that's all that we need is to meet in the middle of impossibility standing at opposite poles equal partners in a mystery we're standing at opposite poles equal partners in a mystery

 

[fox69]

"Nashville"

"Nashville"


As i drive from your pearly gates i realize that i just can't stay all those mountains they kept you locked inside and hid the truth from my slighted eyes i came to you with a half-open heart dreams upon my back illusions of a brand-new start nashville can't i carry the load is it my fault i can't reap what i sow? nashville did you give me half a chance with your southern style and your hidden dance? all those voices they whisper through my walls they talk of falling fast they say i'm losing it all they say i'm running blind to a love of my own but i'll be walking proud I'm saving what i still own i fell on my knees to kiss your land but you are so far down i can't even see to stand nashville you forgot the human race you see with half a mind what colors hide the face nashville i'd like to know your fate i'd like to stay awhile but i've seen your lowered state today i'm leaving but i've got all these debts to pay we all owe our dues i'll pay in some other place i never ask that you pay me back we all arrive
with more i left with less than i had your town is made for people passing through a last chance for cause well i thought i knew nashville tell me what you gonna do with your southern style it'll never pull you through nashville i can't place no blame but if you forget my face i'll never call your name again i fell on my knees to kiss your land but you are so far down i can't even see to stand nashville you forgot the human race you see with half a mind what colors hide the face nashville i'd like to know your fate i'd like to stay awhile but i've seen your lowered state today i'm running away

 

[fox69]

"Nuevas Senoritas"

"Nuevas Senoritas"


Well we blew off immigration, the moon was sitting high,
as we drove from the Lacandon into Comitan.
Gloria was singing and Cecilia closed her eyes,
and I saw them drifting out over the night sky.
Nuevas Senoritas,
are you gone to brighter days?
Have you found your greener valleys
and the place where your heart lays?
I'm heading back to the flatlands and you're heading up to the hills.
The rain brings you home in the middle of July.
I guess I just got lonesome when I think about how you feel,
with six months gone and no one to dry your eyes.
Nuevas Senoritas,
are you gone to brighter days?
Have you found your greener valleys
And the place where your heart lays.

 

[fox69]

"Olympia Inn"

"Olympia Inn"


Well me and Johnny on the road seeing rainbows doubled and looking for a pot o’ gold
But for every farm in Technicolor green there’s a bruising sky,
beneath we’re just maggots on the asphalt road
Well every place has got its history, and you’d erase if it’d set you free
But is it worth another landscaped wasted to just move on
Johnny, can’t we make the best of it?

Oh Johnny, I’ve sung with pleasure
It’s a good life, there is no measure
Hey Johnny, in the morning
When you wake me, call me “darling”

She’s gonna call me when she’s down just to knock me around, long about Michigan
We wander parallel lives and I don’t know why,
Sometimes it hurts just to know she breathes
Johnny, she’s got what I need, but she’s gonna let me bleed
And I’ll just be misty-eyed again at the Olympia-Inn, and adding to that pouring rain

Forget it Johnny, we were rocking’ some kind of crazy scene
I set myself back, it’s just a land grab and I got more than I need
And after all these miles, I’m just a homesick pup
But I crossed this ocean to give it my best shot

Hey Johnny, I’ve sung with pleasure
It’s a good life, there is no measure
Hey Johnny, in the morning
When you wake me, call me darling