1) AUTOMATIC Every Sunday it comes pouring down Until there is no sky at all In these hollow rooms I move around Ricocheting off the wall Is anybody listening? Would anybody miss me? I think in white noise I talk in static I feel and must react Everything is automatic Every movement on my surface Travels up from underneath Every synapse serves a purpose I am hardwired to the teeth Is anybody listening? Would anybody miss me? I think in white noise I talk in static I feel and must react Everything is automatic 2) MATCHBOOKS Hanging out in Baltimore pawnshops in the cold Seeking out a reservoir of lost or stolen gold Heading down I'm coming down Gather round the radio is playing 'Night Divine' I can hear the angel voices coming in across the wires Falling down I'm falling down If I'm to be the dreamer Then you must be the dream 'Cause I am a believer who believes in what he sees Hanging round the telephone in paper-thin hotels Stealing matchbooks as souvenirs so I won't outrun myself But I'm long gone now I won't be gone long now I'm two weeks out of Denver And a night from New Orleans I'll reach New York by December But for now I'm in between We'll settle down near Memphis Get our hands in solid ground We can raise a little money In a dying country town Just forget about this harbor Move where we can see the stars Get a shitty little place Where everything we see is ours 'Cause I'm breaking down Just take me down But if I'm to be the dreamer Then you must be the dream 'Cause I am a believer Who believes in what he sees If I'm to be the dreamer Then you must whisper me the dream 'Cause I am a believer Who can't believe in anything 3) THE LIFE I'VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO Paper mobile spinning round Sixteen years and still no sign of slowing down I would ride it if I could High above the life I've grown accustomed to My letters pile up on the floor Carpeting the room that once was ours And the memories of a boy Too scared to rise above The life we grew accustomed to I swear I swear I loved you more today than yesterday I swear I swear I'll love you more tomorrow And at this rate I'll swear my life away to make you stay A lonely boy who steals love he can't borrow Waking up to afternoon Sit up on the roof and wait until the checks come through Wouldn't wanna disappear 'Cause even that would mean I'd once been here I read the poetry he wrote for you About your lips and the corners of your voice I would match it if I could But what's a simple tune when played into a symphony? I swear I swear I loved you more today than yesterday I swear I swear I'll love you more tomorrow And at this rate I'll swear my life away A lonely boy who steals love he can't borrow 4) TELEVISION I watched TV tonight And waited for a sign That love had not forgotten me I'm not so young as to believe That everything is meant to be I watched TV tonight And replayed all the times I hesitated I feel too old for 23 But nothing's even happening Nothing's ever happening But I'll be fine I'm sure that I'll be fine Just not yet Turn the engine round Familiar roads are running down The valley in the rain I'm not so dumb as to believe That no one's ever cared for me I feel the water rise Forever's on my mind It isn't suicide to just give in But not just yet Just not yet 5) SLEEPLESS NIGHTS Who do I become When everyone is gone? With the decorations down Would you recognize the house? And all my lonely nights Are parting gifts of pride To be strong is to be lonely As the days turn into night Who will you trust? How do you decide? And every dream you offer up Can be used against you Is it too dangerous to love? Who will I become When my family is gone? A bird without a song A flower grown in salt And not every sleepless night Is born of selfish pride I worry about you, Dad I'd never tell you so I worry about you, Ma I hope you've always known As the days turn into night We build memories behind our eyes As the days turn into night We build memories behind our eyes The day is turning into night The memory will catch just behind my eyes 6) DON'T TELL YOUR FRIENDS Bars empty into the streets We scatter And loneliness becomes mistakes Disaster You and I move faster There is nothing underneath but hurt Calling names into the night Just not yours You and I Oh, don't tell your friends that I might be the one I don't even believe in What's already happened Starting over's desperation No one forgets But I will stumble through the motions I guess You and I There's nothing left So don't tell your friends that I might be the one I don't even believe in What's already happened So don't tell your friends I might be the one Don't even believe in What's already happened (Don't tell no one) 7) MARIANNE (acoustic) Put me to sleep Like a photograph In between the sheets Of a paperback Oh, how sweet the sound Of your tuneless song Like your father sang Back in Iowa As the thunderclouds break heavy on the mountains As the preacher's boy breaks down in hallelujah Then this is my Virginia Then this is my Virginia With the engines gone Comes a golden hum As the pilots long For their childhood homes And in this moment here Is a deep regret I have come to know As love When the thunderclouds break heavy on the mountains And the preacher's boy breaks down in hallelujah Then this is my Virginia Then this is my Virginia Marianne, why you whisperin'? Why you even talkin'? There's nobody listenin' Marianne keeps a diary Locked up by her bedside But the pages are empty Her daddy's a lawyer With ads on the TV Turnin' pain into money We only watch movies From the 1920s When no one was lonely Some nights she calls me Says "Gatsby, it's Daisy Just take me away please" We turn the radio up loud Floor the gas and the wheels spin around As Marianne and I go flyin' She got names on her mirror Of the boys who have loved her 'Cause she can't stand their pictures She dances like summer Out of fear that it's over In the middle of December And when we're out drivin' She only plays love songs With unhappy endings And some nights she calls me Says "hey, this is Mary I don't want to be lonely" We turn the radio up loud Floor the gas and the wheels spin around As Marianne and I go flyin' But damn, I wish she was drivin' So I could close my eyes and Maybe just sleep in silence We turn the radio up loud 'Cause I don't feel like talkin' I floor the gas and the wheels spin around Here comes that sinkin' feelin'