Funny Lullabies (2006) 1.  Monsieur La Fleur 2.  Bad Actor 3.  Cutting Room 4.  Baby 5.  My Lovely 6.  Hey Stranger 7.  Lucky 8.  Real Smart 9.  Funny Lullaby 10. Slow Song (For K)   Hello, Dolly Rocker! (2001) 1.  Damn That Girl 2.  Dwelling 3.  Shattered 4.  Mars or Mercury 5.  I'm Not Crazy 6.  Strange Bird 7.  Honey Bee 8.  Glare 9.  Consolation Prize 10. San Francisco Song 11. Shattered no. 2 12. Mark My Words   MONSIEUR LA FLEUR Monsieur La Fleur it's my pleasure to say Rose is my middle name Monsieur La Fleur say you prefer the color of autumn leaves I'm always read as these Monsieur La Fleur let's take our thorns and scratch bad memories and ever feel free Monsieur La Fleur Monsieur La Fleur it's my pleasure to say Rose is my middle name Monsieur La Fleur Monsieur La Fleur Monsieur La Fleur   BAD ACTOR how shall I say there were rumors I longed for you to deny who'd believe that I'd ever want you but my desire that don't lie you're a bad actor you don't fool me at all your every gesture carves a mask on your soul understand me don't suppose you do I don't want anything more than truth if only you told me not even that gently still I'd remember I did love you but you're a bad actor you don't fool me at all your every gesture carves a mask on your sould you're a bad actor you don't fool me at all your every gesture carves a mask on your soul   CUTTING ROOM the camera loves you I know that's true but it won't hold you like I want to a silver screen lies before you wide-set eyes does your sould design to hide in the spotlight you you you did you mean a thing did you just play that scene with me make believe you were feeling let the film roll keep shooting more and more but don't wind up alone on the cutting room floor you you you did you mean a thing did you just play that scene with me make believe you were feeling did you mean a thing the camera loves you I know that's true but it won't hold you like I want to like I want to like I want to   BABY don't mean to scare you away but may I say here my heart always lies in wait baby baby baby for you my heart lies in wait for you my heart lies in wait sleepy bear blue moon night love-hungry cry wintertime no stars shine too bright baby baby baby without you no stars shine too bright without you no stars shine too bright plain as day I just don't see you with me more like wind blowing between the falling leaves baby baby baby me with you wind blowing through the falling leaves we could be the wind between the falling leaves   MY LOVELY please take it from me the book of destiny it holds you holding me my lovely lovely love way back in the day I tore out every page until I read your name my lovely lovely love like a starry night etched in black and white don't you fade from sight my lovely lovely love please take it from me the book of destiny it holds you holding me my lovely lovely love   HEY STRANGER it's not so obvious to me ho we became this contrary if I say the weather sure is misty you say it's dry as a desert somewhere in the cave we spoke of beauty a mere word to you was it rosy more than the sharp prick of memory it hurts man to feel like you don't recall hey stranger I know it's wrong and I know it's true these days I fancy that I'm holding you hey stranger by the strand we stood through briefly the bluest horizon I chanced to see how could I miss you you turned on me the moment the sunlight graced the ocean hey stranger I know it's wrong and I know it's true these days I fancy that I'm holding you hey stranger it's not so obvious to me how we became this contrary if I say the weather sure is misty you say it's dry as a desert somewhere.   LUCKY well it's fine by me if you've just got to leave I never much believed you'd be mind I won't cry all day if I don't hear you say you'd really care to stay and hang with me lucky for me I don't see you come in here lately I can't wait to hear the phone when I'm bound to bowl all alone strike every pin fall over over over lucky for me I don't see you come in here lately well it's fine by me if you've just got to leave I never did believe you'd be mine lucky for me I don't see you come in here lately lucky for me I don't see you come in here lately   REAL SMART you may be real smart but you're not wise you don't see past the smoke in your eyes there's a red red rose turning to blue you held a girl once she gave it to you you may be real smart but you don't know how to weigh your words like I love you though if you can't imagine your heart's heavy as gold then all your fancy words they'll ring hollow I don't want to name any names I think you know who you are I don't want to name any names I think you know who you are you may be real smart but you won't explain why'd you raze a wall just to raise it again like a lone child who won't finish a game are you afraid to lose what's there for you to claim I don't want to name any names I think you know who you are I don't want to name any names I thingk you know who you are you may be real smart but you're not wise you don't see past the smoke in your eyes there's a red red rose turning to blue you held a girl once she gave it to you   FUNNY LULLABY I love you though you don't make it easy like it's meant to be my dear but you don't know I love you though there's no denying I can't change for trying my tune it's for you and you alone it's my lullaby guess it's funny you don't need me to try when you're there sleeping fine I love you though it's like a movie where you steal every scene and my stars fade into black shadow It's my lullaby guess it's funny when I can't sleep the night it's my lullaby guess it's funny you don't need me to try when you're there sleeping fine I love you thought you don't make it easy like it's meant to be my dear but you don't know I love you thought I love you Joe   SLOW SONG I see you strolling through the doorway so handsome your guitar there in tow I wonder would you care maybe to play here with me a slow song we both know outside there did you hear no bird's hum no whistle of the wind in the aire shall we pretend no noisy din could drown them let's make music that simple make it clear with heartbeats we can keep rhythm steady we don't need one machine just for that if our hears leap skip a beat it's no worry a perfect time say let's try share a laugh my lovely lovely one   DAMN THAT GIRL I don't want to do I have to I don't want to do I have to still hear them say that girl damn that girl damn that girl looks old sharp as paper cutting memory sharp as paper cutting memory of what they say that girl damn that girl damn that girl looks old like a tattoo you did not choose like a tattoo you did not choose the words remain that girl damn that girl damn that girl looks old I don't want to do I have to I don't want to do I have to still hear them   DWELLING if you ever cared about me would you be so kind don't remind me take back what remains of your records all in some strange dream fell to pieces dwelling who's dwelling dwelling who's dwelling too long driven are you still to distraction poor excuse for all you've abandoned there your favorite books weigh the mantle over the fireplace shame if they should fall dwelling who's dwelling dwelling who's dwelling too long if you ever cared about me would you be so kind don't remind me don't remind me please remind me   SHATTERED it's the last thing I wanted I wanted you to be silent as a statue cast out of water you'd freeze you were holding a ball of crystal in the face of gravity can't you tell me when it shattered how it cut you how deeply smoke is rising between us there is no more clarity barely did I see you burning your bridges down with me it's the last thing I wanted I wanted you to be silent as a statue cast out of water you'd freeze   MARS OR MERCURY you could take a starship to mars or mercury but you'd never ever escape my memory (woe) I could rule a kingdom that runs a million miles you're the one who ran away so why am I the exile (woe) every time I make a wish I wish you'd go to hell and run in great big circles around this empty wishing well (woe) you could take a starship to mars or mercury but you'd never ever escape my memory   I'M NOT CRAZY when you called me crazy I knew you were just mad you see I'm not crazy I'm not crazy about you if you were still lonely like a bird far away from home would you call me only call me only if I'd echo it's true I see you stand by the girl with the steel blue eyes she looks like you do your looks do kill me kill me kill me one day you'll fall weary and you'll recall these words your tears will say sorry say sorry in vain   STRANGE BIRD tell me something I don't know what kind of strange bird's outside that window singing sadly slightly off-key don't you hear it too dear is it just me by some accident or by design did you come here to find me cast in winter light fascinated by one melody descending in the air this sound of urgency wind is dying down and leaves are still nothing remains out there upon the window-sill imagine how it feels like six degrees when you won't tell me why now won't you answer me   HONEY BEE honey bee why must you hurry at full speed you fly by like a dream golden as a falling leaf honey bee won't you please keep me company the whole wide world you've seen lonesome still you seem like me how long have I wandered no drone sounds familiar how long have I wandered no drone sounds familiar to me honey bee when you turn hungry think of me and this my guarantee no one pines this much for thee how long have I wandered no drone sounds familiar how long have I wandered no drone sounds familiar to me at all now honey bee why must you hurry at full speed you fly by like a dream golden as a falling leaf   GLARE becoming no one beholding my impression begging the question what's betraying my suspicion there's a glare in the mirror no matter where I go will it never disappear I fear I'll never know belying expectation beating my heart broken bewaring what's not spoken befalling my invention there's a glare in the mirror no matter where I go will it never disappear I fear I'll never know becoming still no one beholding weak impression   CONSOLATION PRIZE you may leave me if you please please don't leave me hanging like some poet's wasted work long lost tragedy never ended tearing rose petals I know it's an idle pastime tearing rose petals this empty old gesture of mine you may leave me if you must must you leave me in the dark like some blind fool nobody told when the masquerade ended tearing rose petals I know it's an idle pastime tearing rose petals this empty old gesture of mine you may leave me if you will will you leave me this last word like a trophy I can grasp a consolation prize I can hold   SAN FRANCISCO SONG there is one thing you must know there is no beauty none like home "more hills," they say, "than in all of Rome" in a flash they'll turn turn and go delighted to meet you despite that I know you won't stay cable car tracks sing along picture Twin Peaks beneath the fog my devotion is that so wrong if I need to leave I won't be long delighted to meet you despite that I know you won't stay January Great Highway winter sunsets I can't wait it's a wonder no words contain it's a wonder you don't say there is one thing you must know there is no beauty none like home San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco   MARK MY WORDS I know you won't take my hand so I'll just give you my word you're not the man I thought I thought you were high up on a blue stage a star shone in your eyes before I knew it fell away and struck me dumb and blind at the Bottom of the Hill I thought you'd want to know the one who'd always go stand by your lone shadow at the Bottom of the Hill my hopes they dashed before you could see me in that scene I'm just a real pretty girl not some beauty beauty queen at the Bottom of the Hill I thought you'd want to know the one who'd always go stand by your lone shadow at the Bottom of the Hill if you won't take my hand won't you please mark my words you're not the man I thought I knew you were