All Along the RideAll along the ride you weren't talking but I knew why
Like when the Primadonna Club burned down
There was nothing left not even a sound
I could say I'd drink less
I could say I'd be better than I've been
I could lie and say I'd get a thicker skin
But I've been trying my whole life to get a thicker skin
Drowning in Plain SightI punch out and walk through with everyone else too
My car starts on the third try, same old store and same old things I buy
I see my street and my house in front of me
My heart starts racing and I can't breathe
Cause they're all waiting on me
Past the buildings being put up and being torn down
Past the marinas and then the coast comes around
Hold Me SlowOpen up a bottle and I'll close the shades
Put on something that sways and
Kiss my neck that way
But go slow, I've been so tired and alone
I want you here but you gotta know
Hold me slow
Kids are riding their bikes and laughing down the street
Kid CodeinePeople call her Kid Codeine
Hair in a perfect Bouffant just to walk down the street
Her boyfriend was a boxer he named her Kid Codeine
Cause nothing ever makes her mad she's always cool and easy
Hey Kid Codeine I'm always pissed off
Always about to lose my mind always about to blow my top
Little EarlLittle Earl is driving down the Gulf Coast
Sitting on a pillow so he can see the road
Next to him is a twelve pack of beer
Three frozen pizzas and two lighters as souvenirs
Little Earl's brother is bleeding in the backseat
It's been twenty miles and he can't stop crying
Passing the houses on stilts on Holly Beach
Past the ShadowsWhen the lights stream down like crystals
And the night is cool enough to bear
When all you can see is you and me in the darkness
When the normal people have all cleared
That's when I feel safe, when I feel safe
Let's disappear past the shadows
Where only the damaged stay
Let's disappear past the shadows
Saved from the SeaHe rolls me like the ocean rolls
He makes me feel like the world ain't dying
Like the world ain't lost after all
I really feel it
He makes me feel like the world ain't sinking
Like the world ain't as ugly and cruel as it is
He makes me feel like my life ain't been wasted
Surfers in TwilightFlashing lights, flashing lights
As my man walks toward me
Patrol cars stop, police rush out and
Throw my man against a wall
In a seaside town with tourists all around
My man handcuffed on the sidewalk street
You ask me who is this man of mine
This Ain't No GetawayIt's six o'clock in the morning
Sun's coming through the shades
The stereo's too loud but
The neighbors are scared to complain
There's a half a pack of Winston's and an overfilled ashtray
A pint of V.O that's nearly put away
And sitting on the TV is a loaded .38
He lights a cigarette and says nothing