1.  Out Where the Highways Roll (Listen)

I just might follow you down
I just might follow you down
Out where the highways roll around

I’ve thought of things we could do
I’ve thought of things we could do
Games we could play, places we could go to

 Don’t tell your brother I called
Don’t tell your brother I called
Tell him that Janey is lonesome, that’s all

I had a very strange dream
I had a very strange dream
We were out on a beach in a mountain stream

So we’ll go up Colorado
We’ll go up Colorado
Make us some money, then go to Mexico

 I just might follow you down
I just might follow you down
Out where the highways roll

Michael: guitar, vocals
Frankie: drums
Jud: guitar, synthesizer
George: synthesizer, percussion

 2.  Summer (Listen)

I want to make it right
I want to be yours tonight
I want to find that groove
And never ever move
I can almost feel it now, the warmth of the sun
If we can make it to summer,
If we can make it to summer,
We’ll be all right

Sometimes I forget
The lover’s alphabet
I let myself get mean
I let myself get seen
But I can almost feel it now, the warmth of the sun

If we can make it to summer

 All dressed up, ready to begin
I woke up, and I’m putting things in boxes again

We’ll live out on the beach
With cats and parakeets
Dry off in the wind
And watch the planet spin
I can almost feel it now, the warmth of the sun

 If we can make it to summer

Steve B.: percussio
Michael: vocals, Wurlitzer piano, claps
Jud: guitars, claps
George: bass, vocals, strings, claps
Joey: drums

3.  I Had a Girl in Dien Bien Phu (Listen)

She was young and beautiful
Her father was a farmer and her mother was a farmer’s wife
She didn’t want to grow up and be a peasant.
She learned French better than I did—took it in school.
She asked if I knew anything about any parties.
I said I know the best party of all.
To my surprise,
She knew exactly what I was talking about.

 I had a girl in Dien Bien Phu
She was the best, she knew what to do
A little red wine, some Edith Piaf tunes
I had a girl in Dien Bien Phu

Her first job was easy
An old incompetent who’d somehow survived Verdun and Vichy
He’d gone one to become second assistant head of intelligence or something.
The second was tougher.
The guy turned out to be her French teacher.
He was sweet and handsome, looked like Charles Boyer.
To my surprise,
She liked it

I had a girl in Dien Bien Phu

The last time I saw her
Was the glorious day of the motherland’s victory
Headquarters had called in airstrikes
And she was fleeing with those Frenchies
I cursed her for loving the enemy more than her own people
I put my gun to her pretty little head
And to my surprise,
I let her go

I had a girl in Dien Bien Phu

Michael: vocals, organ
Frankie: drums
Steve M: drums
Jud: guitar, vocals
George: bass, vocals

4.  Beautiful** (Listen)

I don’t know why you do
Half the things that you do
When you turn away like that
I want to reach across to you

You’d never be so cruel
To an animal or a fool
How could you be so wrong
Be so out of tune?

If it were up to me
Maybe you would see
How beautiful you are

The only certain ones to name
Are the dead and the insane
When you start to talk like that
I can see the wheels in your brain
Turning again

If it were up to me

Michael: Wurlitzer piano, vocals
Jud: guitar
Joey: drums

5.  The Song He Was Listening to When He Died*** (Listen)

Driving out west, up on the park
Drinking with a hitchhiker long after dark
Up around the bend, he pulled out a bong
The radio was playing his favorite song

Catching a bee inside a jar.
Wishes and wishes, stars upon stars
The radio was playing his favorite song
It was so easy, singing along

It was the song he was listening to when he died
It was the song he was listening to when he died
He couldn’t get it out of his head if he tried
It was the song he was listening to when he died

  He’s at the 20, he’s at the 10
Moving to the rhythm again
The words in his head weren’t even right
But they made him feel like talking all night

  It was the song he was listening to when he died
It was the song he was listening to when he died
He thought about many things, even once tried suicide
It was the song he was listening to when he died

Tweet tweet tweet, that is the way
The song would go if he heard it today
He remembered her voice, almost her name
They found him in the morning, it was on again

The song he was listening to when he died
It was the song he was listening to when he died
He couldn’t get it out of his head if he tried
It was the song he was listening to when he died

Steve B.: percussion
Randy: guitar
Michael: vocals, xylophone
Steve M.: drums
Jud: guitars
Brian: bass

6.  The Wedding* (Listen)

Will you marry me, pledge your love?
Show this world what we’re made of
Will you marry me?

Yes I’ll marry you, but I won’t take your name
I like mine fine, but I love you the same
Yes I’ll marry you

We’ll have a party, it’ll last for days
Getting drunk with our friends on good champagne
When you marry me.

Then we’ll get on a plane and fly away
Watch the sunset over Galway Bay
When you marry me.

Will you marry me? Will you carry me?
Will you bury me, if I don’t bury you?

 Look at our friends, they’re so happy
Some of them are getting sloppy
As you marry me.

 All our words and promises dear
Ring like bells in their ears
As you marry me.

Will you marry me?

For one moment, I see you clear
This is all, this right here
When you look at me.

Yes I’ll marry you, though I’m still betting
We die alone--we had a hell of a wedding
Yes I’ll marry you.

Randy: mandolin
Michael: vocals
Frankie: drums
Jud: guitars, piano, organ, synth
Julie: vocals
Steve M.: drums
George: vocals

7.  If You See Me (Listen)

Cars and rockets I’ll give to you
And a pony if you want me to
In these early hours

But if you see me walking alone
In a hurry with nowhere to go
If you see me
If you see me

When I was looking as I was back then
Wondering how, wondering when
The measure of the day

If you see me

If I stumble and I can’t talk to you
In a language you want me to
If it seems I like it that way
Let me tell you now there’s no way

If you see me, walking alone
Would you lift me, and carry me home
If you see me

Steve B.: percussion
Cullen: trumpet
Michael: vocals
Julie: vocals
Frankie: drums
Jud: synthesizer, guitar, piano
George: bass

8.  Captain, Captain (Hall, Newcomb) (Listen)

Captain, captain, give me your hand
I’m wide awake and I’m dreaming
The mountains are floating high in the air
The wind is so hot I can’t breathe anymore

Captain, captain, the men are confused
Walking three days now and nothing is new
No hair on our heads, no toes on our feet
The slave won’t stop talking and now he won’t eat

Captain, captain, here is a thrill
I see your face on top of the hill
Captain, captain, the last good man
Captain, captain, give me your hand

I can’t slow down, I can’t go faster
The church is the mother but the meat is the master
Captain, captain, the water is gone
Captain, captain, I want to go home

Captain, captain, give me your hand
I’m wide awake and I’m dreaming
Captain, captain the water is gone
Captain, captain, I want to go home.

Steve B.: percussion
Michael: guitars, vocals
Joey: drums
Steve M.: drums
Jud: hinges

 9.  Amelia (Hall, David Morrison)*** (Listen) 

Oh Amelia, when you’ve taken out the sun, will you stay?
Oh Amelia, like a question in the dark
You might answer or just slowly slip away

Oh Amelia, if I ask you now what would you say to me?
Oh Amelia, as hard as it must be
To be somebody’s crazy little dream

When I’m alone I hear your heartbeat
When I’m alone I call your name
Oh Amelia, things are never going to be the same

Oh Amelia, I’ve thrown every single thing away
Oh Amelia, now I’m out in this place
Wishing that I’d never been born on this day.

When I’m alone I feel your heartbeat
When I’m alone I call your name
Oh Amelia, things are never going to be the same.

Randy: mandolin
Michael: guitar, vocals
Julie: keyboard, vocals
Steve M.: guitar, drums
Brian: bass

10. America (Hall, Franklin, McCarthy, Zoric)****

Been hearing talk about America
Some people putting her down
But I carry America with me
As I go from town to town.

I pledge allegiance to America
I say it without shame
I’ll never abandon America
Won’t you do the same?

This is a song about America
I draw a line in the sand
This is a song about America
Not the country but the rock n roll band

Some people said they stole from Neil Young
Some people said they stole from Bread
Some people said they stole from the Eagles
But they never stole from Free

They rode the Ventura Highway
They rode the Horse with No Name
They rode Sister Golden Hair

All three of them, at one time

 This is a song about America

 It’s about standing up for what you believe in
All day long
Learning the words to Tin Man
And all the other great songs

This is a song about America

Michael: vocals
Frankie: drums
Jud: guitars
George: vocals
Julie: vocals
John: piano

11. My World, You're Welcome to It* (Listen)

My world, you’re welcome to it
Go on and do it
Take it, it’s your world now
My heart is broken like a cup
Bend down and pick it up
Take it, it’s yours now.

My little one
My darling young one
You’re living proof that I once mattered.
I broke some rules
But I never thought my life would be this cruel
Or I’d be this bitter.

My world…

Oh, Denver Lee
I’m shrinking furiously
But I’m going to die upon my word
All of those days
Proudly wasting away
Do you really want me, my Lord?

My world…

Steve B.: percussion
Michael: vocals
Cullen: vibes
Frankie: drums
Jud: synthesizer, guitars
George: synthesizer

12. I Will Follow You (Listen)

By your finger’s aim
Through your darkening eyes
The most amazing thing
I saw in the sky

I will follow you
To the quarter moon
You may follow me
But I will follow you

Up the silver slide
Past the big black dog
Across the wall of death
To the giant frog

I will follow you
And the blue balloon
You may follow me

But I will follow you
Across this busy street
Take my hand until
We are safe again
Drop it when you will

I will follow you
Places I once knew
You may follow me
But I will follow you

Paul: trumpet
Michael: Wurlitzer piano, vocals
Julie: vocals
Frankie: drums
Jud: guitars

All songs c 2006 Aznut Music, BMI, except
* c 1994 Aznut Music
** c 1997 Aznut Music
*** c 2002 Aznut Music
**** c 2004 Aznut Music