SUPERIOR LOVE

Mad Max was standing on the corner as he bent down to tie his shoes

Up from behind came his forty second wife and she's giving him her version of the blues

Forty two seemed to be the magic number I had to get to it somehow 

As she bends down to pick up a stone she says what do you think of me now?

What do you think of me now?

They held her up against the gates of the storm

She prayed to the Lord above wishing she'd never been born

Yeah she wished she'd never been born

As she bent down off in the distance she noticed the dogs of war

And she looks me in the eye as she starts to cry 

Says what the hell are they barking at me for?

What the hell are they barking at me for?

Well you wished me well from your wishing well

You were bouncing around baby like a carousel 

You tossed me a penny said "skip it like a stone

If you can't do it right I've got plenty"

We both stood still in the Autumn of the night 

Feeling half dead bout' the things we'd recite

You looked at me said "Do you love me tonight?"

And I guess the rest is history

Yeah I guess the rest is history 

They held him up against the gates of the storm

He prayed to the Lord above wishing he'd never been born

Yeah he wished he'd never been born

As he bent down off in the distance he noticed the dogs of war

And he looks me in the eye as he starts to cry 

Says what the hell are they barking at me for?

What the hell are they barking at me for?

Well its cold outside and baby I won't lie I wish it was all my fault

But it’s the world out there that gets me scared

That there's something out there that I want

So follow the breeze deep down in the trees

Van Morrison played as I began to weep

In a small café that was just down the street

But I swear I didn't know I was running

Yeah I swear I didn't know I was running

They held me up against the gates of the storm

I prayed to the Lord above wishing I'd never been born

Yeah I wished I'd never been born

As I bend down off in the distance I notice the dogs of war

And she looks me in the eye as I start to cry 

 what the hell are they barking at me for?

What the hell are they barking at me for?

Well hangman, hangman don't cry for me, I've been around for a thousand centuries 

And don't you cry as my body sways all you people gonna walk away

Yeah all you people gonna watch and walk away

I'm sorry for the things I've said and I've done

I've sinned enough times to black out the sun

Whoever said the pen was stronger than the sword

Lord he never had to go out and face one, no he never had to go out and face one

So follow the leaves and the colorless trees down the road less traveled to the fire that breathes

If I'm to be around to see you there I might give a nod or I might not care

There's something in my Northern blood that keeps me searching for Superior love 

There's something in those northern lights that keep my mind from slipping

There's something in those northern nights that keep my mind from slipping

-Hewitt-

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EMERALD CITY

Take me back to the halls of the Emerald City

Where the wild wolves still howl towards the moon

And that midnight train in the night goes gently passing

All along the D-line through and through 

And I'll call your name like a gypsy 

Full of wonder at the sound

Of a long gun spilling powder 

Through the trees and the Basset hounds 

And my own heart it seems to be disappearing 

All along the restlessness in the rain

That midnight train in the night goes slowly passing

All along the D-line in my brain 

And I'll call your name like a gypsy 

Full of wonder at the sound

Of a long gun spilling powder 

Through the trees and the Basset hounds 

Take me back to the halls of the Emerald City

Where the wild wolves are cast upon the shores

And that midnight train in the night still gently passing

All along the D-line forever more

And I'll call your name like a gypsy 

Full of wonder at the sound

Of a long gun spilling powder 

Through the trees and the Basset hounds 

-Hewitt-

ON MY WAY TO NELSON 

I'm on my way to Nelson

With my thumb pointed at the clouds

A thousand years behind me

And twice as many Miles

I'll tell you when I get there

And I'll write you every day

Unless the breezes stone me

And the Rockies get in my way

I'm on my way to Nelson

As the fog lifts from my eyes

I can smell a sense of freedom

Somewhere beyond the skies

I slept the stretch of Winnipeg

I talked through all my dreams 

Across this western landscape

Where my inner compass leans

I'm on my way to Nelson

And I've met a girl or two

And on this harvest sunset

I met one just like you

We talked of humid summers

And the northern art of song 

She's on her way to Nelson

In the morning I'll be gone

-Hewitt- 

VIRGINIA PLEASE 

Sent a letter to the tip of the bay

Arrived late with nothing to say 

I don't mind I kind of like it that way

Long as it made it to you 

She opened up his final remains

Post card on Saturday it came 

She couldn't read through the tears or through the rain

Lord it was all she could do

Oh baby, baby I tell you I'm spent

I got a dollar but I aint got no sense

I saw him running but I don't know where they went

They'll be coming home soon

Virginia Please don't leave me tonight

I feel so sick something aint right 

I need your love to waltz with me tonight

Carry me into the dawn

And carry me into the dawn

Carry me, carry me

Carry me into the dawn

Carry me, Carry me

Carry me into the dawn

Take the rag away from my eyes

I don't need it I'm not afraid to cry

I'm scared of living and I'm also scared to die

Lord its all I can do

I feel the chill deep down in my bones

I'm bound to ramble if I got nowhere to go

When I'm gone don't pick up the telephone

Cause there won't be nobody there

Virginia please don't leave me tonight

I feel so sick something aint right

I need your love to waltz with me tonight

And carry me into the dawn

And carry me into the dawn 

Carry me, carry me

Carry me into the dawn...

-Hewitt-

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