Apple Shine Apple shine apple shine, Shine little apple and say you're mine Say you're mine till the end of time Shine little apple, apple shine, apples shine I'll shine you up on my chest Heirloom apples taste the best Your eyes are bright as Apple skin One more bite and it'll do me in. Apple shine. We come down from the hill Down to the valley where it's warm and still Where the fruit hangs heavy on the trees And people take water whenever they please, Whenever they please Climb up a ladder and eat a pear Eat a pear way up there She says she’s plain, I know she’s fair I’m lost in her branches, I’m lost in her hair Appleshine Climb up a ladder and eat a pear And after that we’ll sit in a chair Sit in a chair where the river bends Pressing apple juice until the end Apple shine. We come down from the hill Down to the valley where it's warm and still Where the fruit hangs heavy on the trees And people take water whenever they please, Whenever they please The dream is ripe and laying on the ground Let’s gorge ourselves on what we found Set the table with the finest threads And let that juice go to your head Apple shine. That’s what we’ll call it. God is sweet and juice is good And every bee is understood Dance with me on the window sill Cap it with wax before the chill Apple shine. Apple shine apple shine, Shine little apple and say you're mine Say you're mine till the end of time Shine little apple, apple shine

Golden Shovel I got a golden shovel but it's not enough For all the shit you deliver, I need a dump truck I don't want to discuss it, I don't want to be rude But a change is a coming, there's a new menu I didn't see it in their faces from my narrow view They were terrified for me when I walked with you, when I walked with you And I want a real dog not a Shitzu I want a kind woman, don't appear to be you You pick at me when I'm getting in the zone I've been working like the devil Come on leave me alone I didn't see it in their faces from my narrow view They were terrified for me when I walked with you, walked and talked with you And I think I got it, this much is true, No matter what I dish out, never good enough for you, poor you And It’s not your fault but it’s not mine too I’ve seen the light and honey it’s not you So goodbye shovel, hello rodeo I’d rather hide in a barrel, than face the bull I didn’t see it in their faces from my narrow view They were saying a prayer for me, when I was kissing you, when I was kissing you I got a golden shovel but it's not enough For all the shit you deliver I need a dump truck

The Mystery I was getting a perm at the Do’ or Dye, when I saw a strange light in the sky A giant flaming meteor, big as a Cadillac for sure Over the traffic lights it went up over the mountains till it was spent No-one looked up to check it out, I was alone without a doubt Alone in the mystery of it all. I was hunting up on Truchas peak when I stopped to take a leak All day long no sign of elk I was starting to feel bad for myself When I saw a spaceship through the trees humming like a hive of bees No-one looked up to check that space ship out I was alone without a doubt Alone in the mystery if it all Alone in the mystery alone in the mystery Alone in the mystery of it all I was up somewhere near Chama workin through some old trauma when I thought I’d head up towards the ranch out to see my Uncle Lance When I got there all the cows were dead without assholes and without heads No one looked up to check it out I was alone without a doubt Alone in the mystery of it all I was working on a creepy film in Vegas wishing that they’d finally pay us Working on a bounce and doing it well when something flew out like a bat out of hell It was the biggest owl I’d ever seen as bright as the moon and as serene No one looked up to check it out I was alone without a doubt Alone in the mystery of it all. Alone in the mystery alone in the mystery Alone in the mystery of it all I was hitting the slots at Picuris throwing frisbees at the sheep When I saw a hippy with no clothes wearing hair down to his toes He grunted at me around 4:20, so I suspected he might be some kind of yeti No one looked up to check him out, I was alone without a doubt Alone in the mystery of it all When I was a kid I was sick as a freak, I lay in bed for more than a week When my temperature reached 104 I saw blue ghosts line up at the door One tipped its hat and gave me a wink and pulled from that awful brink No-one looked up to check them blue ghosts out I was alone without a doubt alone in the mystery of it all Alone in the mystery alone in the mystery Alone in the mystery of it all Alone in the mystery alone in the mystery Alone in the mystery of it all

Niamh’s Bum Lamb Galloping down the lane Through blossoms when she calls his name He's on the easy chair again He's become part of the fam Niamh’s bum lamb Niamh’s bum lamb Niamh’s bum lamb hopping into her hands We should eat him with mint jam But that's not part of the plan One day he's going to be a ram Niamh's bum lamb la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la No more teachers all the schools have been banned They shut down uncle Sam A birthday party with no friends The days seem to have no end, have no end Niamh's bum lamb climbing up a stone Doesn't like to be alone You can hear his bleeding through her cell phone He follows her wherever she roams Niamh's bum lamb la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la Niamh’s bum lamb, “How can he be hungry again? We just fed him an hour ago his tummy is gonna blow.” Dancing on his tippy toe. Niamh’s bum lamb Cherry blossoms this morning dressed in hoary frost I hope that they're not lost Rejoicing in the sun Melting hearts like Niamh's bum, Niamh’s bum lamb

Staring at the Sun Staring at the sun staring at the sun all day I am riddled I am wrought with questions and dismay My body cannot endure the beatings from the whips And as for e-ternity I am not equipped Staring at the Sun staring at the sun all day Staring at the sun it's always in my way, always in my way I helped a robin back to its nest in the towering pear I saw my youth pinned down by shadows from my trance full stare I know the time for change has come but how can I make the shift? When I'm trembling like a leaf on the edge of the abyss? Staring at the Sun staring at the sun all day Staring at the sun it's always in my way, always in my way I am sawing into the pale flesh of an apple tree They will grow long after I'm gone barely a sign of me My body’s twisted like a stump but my soul is white as the lamb I’ve been suffering in solitude, how can I argue with God’s plan? Staring at the sun staring at the sun all day Staring at the sun its always in my way, always in my way Staring at the sun staring at the sun all day Staring at the sun staring at the sun all day Its always in my way, always in my way, always in my way

PTSD My baby’s got PTSD you know she got it in the land of the free My baby’s got PTSD you know she got it in the land of the free My baby’s got, my baby’s got, PTSD Now she didn’t fight in a war but her daddy he fought in four She didn’t fight in a war but her daddy he fought in four Four tours in Vietnam in the Marine Corps Now we all got a little PTSD you know we got it from the five o’clock news Feeding on our hate and fears and telling us the end is near, telling us the end is near Her brothers got PTSD you know he got it in Afghanistan Defusing IED’s and tracking down the Taliban He moved to LA and bought himself a big Trans am PTSD PTSD PTSD PTSD My baby’s got my baby’s got PTSD She’s got a prescription for weed you know she always gives me what I need She’s got a prescription for weed you know she always give me what I need My baby got my bays got PTSD Her daddy’s got seven veins that pop out of his skull Her daddy’s got seven veins watch them pop out of his skull He’s gotta take a handful of pills just to feel normal Now we all got a little PTSD you know we got it from the Facebook page Filling our minds up with lies and filling our hearts with rage filing our hearts with rage PTSD PTSD PTSD in the land of the free My baby’s got, my baby’s got PTSD

Trouble and Pain I keep being taken I keep putting up I wonder how long I can stay in this rut No matter if you swerve you get what you deserve She gives me a world of trouble and pain She gives me a world of trouble and pain She gives me a world of trouble and pain There must be something wrong with my brain She gives me a world of trouble and pain I shoulda-woulda-coulda I’d be on a higher shelf Honey you don’t have to beat me up, I’ll do that myself You snore and steal the blankets I turn up the fan I know you’ll never understand You give me a world of trouble and pain you give me a world of trouble and pain There must be parasite controlling my brain You give me a world of trouble and pain Who’s gonna pull your hair out of the shower drain? Who’s gonna keep the trees alive when it don’t rain? Who’s gonna fix the leak and the creak in the stairs? She don’t think about it she don’t care She gives me a world of trouble and pain She gives me a world of trouble and pain Get up in the morning and we do it all over again She gives me a world of trouble and pain I drive up in my shit box all my kids run and hide They don’t want their school mates to see what’s inside I get this funny feeling I’ve been taken for a ride They give me a world of trouble and pain Now I could curl up in a fetal ball I could say some things to you that wouldn’t help at all Sometimes the greatest wealth is crying at yourself She gives me a world of trouble and pain

New Mexico Bound I said farewell to the La Sals and I shifted my direction Towards an invisible gateway opposite the arches A late storm in the mountains forced the elk down to the cross road So I proceeded with caution back to my abode Passed the windmills of Monticello, flocks of birds and shafts of light Snowy capped mountains standing tall and bright And nothing beats the feeling of being New Mexico bound Well nothing beats the feeling of being New Mexico bound My heart knows where it travels it trembles and it pounds When I’m New Mexico bound Utah is a wonder, Colorado is for horses New Mexico is for hermits and unexplained forces In the blood of Christ mountains we made babies one and two And they both know the way blindfolded back to you Passed the windmills of Monticello, flocks of birds and shafts of light Snowy capped mountains standing tall and bright And nothing beats the feeling of being New Mexico bound Well nothing beats the feeling of being New Mexico bound My heart knows where it travels it trembles and it pounds When I’m New Mexico bound No sweeter piece of earth have I ever known Bury me in Ponderosa without a head stone Place a sopaipilla underneath my tired head With a little bit of honey by an old elk shed Passed the windmills of Monticello, flocks of birds and shafts of light Snowy capped mountains standing tall and bright And nothing beats the feeling of being New Mexico bound Well nothing beats the feeling of being New Mexico bound My heart knows where it travels and it doesn’t touch the ground When I’m New Mexico, when I’m New Mexico, when I’m New Mexico bound

Mack Attack Keeping up with Mack gonna have a heart attack Keeping up with Mack gonna have a heart attack Where the chilly wind blows that's where she has to go She's my wife and she makes me feel alive Like a Chinese dragon the snow is dancing on the lake Like a Chinese dragon the snow is dancing on the lake And it's easy to forget all the trouble that she makes When your love’s on a fault line you get some earthquakes We got lost in the mountains almost had to eat the dog We got lost in the mountains almost had to eat the dog And all her words were garbled and my head was filled with marbles But we were still intact she's my Mack Keeping up with Mack gonna have a heart attack Keeping up with Mack gonna have a heart attack Through the cold rain and sleet she keeps me on my feet She's my wife and she makes me feel alive You know she holds the crystal key to a wilderness unlocked You know she holds the crystal key to a wilderness unlocked She drives me up a mountain and she drives me up a wall She'd rather sleep in a scree field than shop at the mall Keeping up with Mack gonna have a heart attack Keeping up with Mack gonna have a heart attack Where the chilly wind blows that's where she’s gotta to go She's my wife and she makes me feel alive

Old Crow Getting weird in the sticks huffin’ in a shed A few more years of this and I'll surely be dead A few more apples left for me to shine And then it will be meet your maker time Old crow old Crow old black crow in a tree Won't you tell what you know tell me what you see? Do you see a dark future as dark as your soul? Or do you see a lovely land gilded in gold? I was born by the sea but it did not hold me Like the wide open spaces filled with possibility Getting weird in the sticks no connection to the rest Trying to do what's right is this just a test? Black crow black crow a sittin’ in a tree Won’t you tell me what you know tell me what you see Do you see a dark future as dark as your soul? Or do you see lovely land gilded in gold? I can hear her squawkin’ and that's a good thing Nothing’s more complicated than this old wedding ring Getting weird in the sticks day by day Vaguely know what I'm doing hardly know what to say Voices crisper than the leaves and I know what they say We are drifting we are drifting going far away Black crow back crow are you an agent for the witch? Is she plotting my demise? Stealing water from my ditch? The jury found them all guilty for their monstrous crimes Three life sentences still not enough time All captured on a camera that they themselves installed Well ain’t it ironic? Projected on the courtroom wall. Getting weird in the sticks huffin’ in a shed A few more years of this and I'll surely be dead A few more apples left for me to shine And then it will be meet your maker time Old crow old Crow old black crow in a tree Won't you tell what you know tell me what you see? Do you see a dark future as dark as your soul? Or do you see a lovely land gilded in gold?

Walking my Mandolin Walking my mandolin up the trail It's been weary not wagging its tail People smile as I'm walking along I don't even have to bang a gong Music to me has always been the holy grail So I'm walking my Mandolin up the trail, walking my mandolin up the trail I knew an old man who carried a banjo On his back everywhere he go Way down south in the wood Elizabeth Cotton taught him good He showed me three chords to play And I play them to this day Knew an old man who carried an banjo I knew an old man who carried a banjo He’d go wee Lila Lila Lie lie lie lie wee He’d go wee Lila Lila Lie lie lie lie wee I got an old beater I don’t worry about I take it down rivers we howl and shout Nothing’s wrong when we play that song And all the pain in the world is gone I feel worthy I feel free, when it’s sitting on my knee Got an old beater I don’t worry about Got an old beater I don’t worry about We go wee Lila Lila Lie lie lie lie wee We go wee Lila Lila Lie lie lie lie wee I can tune it up to a ferry boat You won't even hear the note Tune it up to a seagulls cry tune it up on the fly Tune it up to a clambake tune it up to a frozen lake tune it up to a rattlesnake Tune it up to something small don't get me stoned I want tune at all Tune it up to something big tune it up to an oil rig Tune it up to your beating heart even though we're worlds apart Tune it up to the last suns rays shining on my dusty days Tune it up to a fog horn tune it up to a newly born Music to me has always been the holy grail So I'm walking my mandolin up the trail Walking my mandolin up the trail I'm going wee Lila Lila Lie lie lie lie wee

Pocket Hang Glider I wish I had a pocket hang glider with collapsible wings Well that's some thing I use a lot never forget to bring One tiny drop of water would activate the bird And I’d step out defy the void and leave the dreary herd I wish I had a pocket hang glider, yeah oh yeah Get out your pocket hang glider, yeah oh yeah I wish I had a pocket hang glider I'd hold it in my hand And feel it grow like a gizmo with a 20 foot wingspan I could see forever and as the sun went down I'd be suspended by a string far away from any town Get out your pocket hang glider yeah oh yeah Get out your pocket hang glider yeah oh yeah Not much older than a tot, I dreamed of being an astronaut I’d close my eyes and start to cry like a fish God had caught The sparks would turn to purple and then they turn to green And I'd wake up truly terrified by the things I had seen Get out your pocket hang glider yeah oh yeah Get out your pocket hang glider yeah oh yeah I don’t believe you can separate the mind from the flesh You can’t upload your memories or your consciousness I don’t have a pocket hang glider but I have a bird that sings And I don’t need a time machine to fix anything Well get out your pocket hang glider yeah oh yeah Get out your pocket hang glider yeah oh yeah