Released : Feburary 1, 2000
Label : Rykodisc
Manufacturer and Marketer : Dreamworks #0044-50056-2
Producers : Mark Sandman and Morphine
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Recorded at : Hi-N-Dry, Cambridge, MA. / Super Sonic, Cambridge, MA. / Magic Shop, New York City, NY. Released : Feburary 1, 2000 Label : Rykodisc Manufacturer and Marketer : Dreamworks #0044-50056-2 Producers : Mark Sandman and Morphine |
Mark Sandman - lead vocal, 2-string slide bass, bass guitar, piano, organ, acoustic guitar, trombone, tri-tar
Dana Colley - baritone sax, tenor sax, bass sax, double sax, backup vocal, horse-hair piano
Billy Conway - drums, percussion, back-up vocals
Jerome Deupree - drums on all tracks except 9
Jane Scarpantoni - cello on tracks 1, 7, 11
Mike Rivard - upright and bowed bass on tracks 7, 11
Joseph Kessler - viola on tracks 7, 11
Brahim Fribgane - oud and frame drum on track 7
Billy Beard - hand drum on track 7
John Medeski - organ on tracks 4, 8
Margaret Garrett and Tara McManus - back-up vocals on track 5
Linda Viens and Carolyn Kaylor - back-up vocals on tracks 2, 4
Ramona Clifton - back-up vocals on track 4
1) The Night
You're the night, Lilah. A little girl lost in the woods.
You're a bedtime story. The one that keeps the curtains closed.
It's too dark to see the landmarks. I don't want your good luck charms.
You're the bedtime story. The one that keeps the curtains closed.
Unknown the unlit world of old. You're the sounds I never heard before.
You're a bedtime story. The one that keeps the curtains closed.
You're the paint can falling off the wall at the door that slams at the end of the hall where the kid rings sounds of basketball. The battle of the earth of the angels. The shifting snow drifts so realistic, so realistic - call you carpet of stars. See there is something in the yard. It's awful dark. With the painted strings, the cross, the good luck charm, the prayer, the extra layer. The group ???...
2) So Many Ways
Is this the way that you like it?
What do you want and how do you like it? How many times is this the right socket?
So many ways to get a lift. So many ways to get your head unzipped.
Too late for anymore questions. The preamble is done. The overture's ended.
This the way that you like it.
So many ways to get a lift. So many ways to get your head unzipped.
(Mark talking backwards for a second)
3) Souvenir
I remember meeting you, we were super low. Surrounded by the sounds of saxophones.
If I can only remember the name that's enough for me because names hold the key. Names hold key.
Brought home a souvenir of nothing. It fits into a pocket.
If I can only remember the name that's enough for me because names hold the key. Names hold key.
I remember meeting you, we were super low. Surrounded by the sounds of saxophones.
4) Top Floor Bottom Buzzer
First we'll pick Priscilla up. And then we'll stop for Jane.
We're going to a party. Our friends will all be there.
We rang the top floor, bottom buzzer.
Priscilla's in the kitchen she's mixing drinks.
There's a muchacha, teaching me to mambo.
The window's open it's the heart of the summer.
T-top floor, b-bottom buzzer. Top floor, bottom buzzer.
It was later it was after two.
On the top floor, bottom buzzer.
Top floor, bottom buzzer. Top floor, bottom buzzer.
5) Like A Mirror
Like a mirror I'm nothing. I'm nothing. I'm nothing till you look at me.
Leave your world and join me soon. Leave your world behind.
I know a ship that's leaving soon. Oh, in fact this afternoon.
And you my future constellation. Climb up here in the sky with me.
Oh, wish upon this melody and come to me. Come to me.
I know a ship that's leaving soon. In fact this very afternoon.
I'm like a mirror. I'm like a mirror. I'm nothing till you look at me.
6) A Good Woman Is Hard To Find
She painted a bull's eye on my mind.
A good woman is hard to find. A good woman is hard to find.
She was heavy, on the back beat. See played me just like a tambourine.
A good woman is hard to find. A good woman is hard to find.
She was a helluva woman, from a helluva town.
She was beauty and adventure. She seemed so glad to be alive.
A good woman is hard to find. A good woman is hard to find.
She wrapped me up. Saved me for later.
A good woman is hard to find. A good woman is hard to find.
7) Rope On Fire
Hand over hand up the lifeline, luckily the knots stay tight.
Trapped in a room in a fortress, running outta air to breathe.
Only the two of us can disconnect the bomb.
She ripped the wings right off my back.
All the wheels are coming loose. Close-up shot of a burning fuse.
Look at the clock. Look at the clock.
Hand over hand up the lifeline, luckily the knots stay tight.
Only the two of us can disconnect the bomb.
8) I'm Yours You're Mine
On my fingertips. On the tip of my tongue.
And all across that line. Stretched between your bed and mine.
I got birds that shiver in a forest so thick. I got hands full of magic tricks.
And all across that line. Stretched between your bed and mine.
And all across that line. Stretched between your bed and mine.
On my fingertips on the tip of my tongue. I register your every touch.
And all across that line. Stretched between your bed and mine.
9) The Way We Met
No there's nothing too romantic about the way we met.
There's no cute story that we tell together.
Later we had toast, took turns sitting on the windowsill.
There's no cute story about the way we met.
Shouted out for alarm clocks. Where's the remote control?
Now there's nothing too romantic about the way we met.
Time: 4:48
Sandman
You're a folk tale, the unexplainable.
I hope you're waiting for me cause I can make it on my own.
I can make it on my own.
I hope you're waiting for me across your carpet of stars.
You're the night, Lilah. You're everything that we can't see.
Lilah, you're the possibility.
And I hope you're waiting for me cause I can make it on my own.
I can make it on my own.
Off the map where the wild things grow. Another world outside my door.
Here I stand I'm all alone. Drive me down the pitch black road.
Lilah you're my only home and I can't make it on my own.
And I hope you're waiting for me cause I can make it on my own.
I can make it on my own.
Time: 4:00
Sandman
Is this what you had in mind when you called above to the angels for the six hundred and sixty sixth time?
Hey, what about this? What about this. Shake it.
What do I wear and what do I say? Please tell me again how we get there.
Please tell me again how we get there.
The drawbridge is up. Cat's out of the bag and looking for a sofa to scratch.
Looking for a sofa to scratch.
This what you had in mind when you called above to the angels for the six hundred and sixty sixth time.
Hey, what about this? What about this. What about this. Shake it.
So many ways to get a lift. So many ways to get your head unzipped.
So many ways to get a lift. So many ways to get your head unzipped.
Time: 4:40
Sandman
And I remember being this close, but never alone. You gave me a little something to take home.
I dropped it on the floor. I dropped it on the floor. Dropped it on the floor. I dropped it
If I can only remember the name that's enough for me because names hold the key. Names hold key.
Souvenir of nothing.
A souvenir a souvenir of nowhere. Somewhere I've never been before.
I dropped it on the floor. I dropped it on the floor. Dropped it on the floor. I dropped it
If I can only remember the name that's enough for me because names hold the key. Names hold key.
A souvenir of nothing. A souvenir of nothing.
Time: 5:43
Sandman
And Mary Ellen needs a ride. We're going by her place.
I got the directions. It's across the river somewhere.
Top floor, bottom buzzer. Top floor, bottom buzzer.
The middle won't work. Ring the one under.
She's mixing one for me I think.
And one for Mary Ellen and one for Jane.
Priscilla, she knows how to use a shaker.
She doesn't get up as early as a baker. Uh huh.
There's my buddy Pete eyeing a bowl of combos.
Ramona and a man do a tango dip. Cheek to cheek, hip to hip, come on.
More people coming looking for the number.
Mary Ellen sees them she has a little stutter. She yells...
Top floor, bottom buzzer. Top floor, bottom buzzer.
The middle won't work. Ring the one under. Come on. Woo.
We found a bottle of good chartreuse.
The lights were green and gold. We played Latin soul.
By the time Priscilla put the Al Green on the bottle was gone.
Top floor, bottom buzzer. Top floor, bottom buzzer.
The middle won't work. Ring the one under. Come on. Woo.
Top floor, bottom buzzer. The middle won't work. Ring the one under. Come on. Woo.
Time: 5:25
Sandman
I'm like a mirror. I'm like a mirror. I'm nothing till you look at me.
I'm like a mirror. I'm like a mirror. I'm nothing till you look at me.
I'm like a mirror. I'm like a mirror. I'm nothing till you look at me.
Martha Lee.
Leave your world, come to me. I'm closer to you than I seem.
Wish upon this melody and come to me Martha Lee.
You can take the Saturn Line. In no time, no time.
So don't forget your parachute. I'll be there to catch you.
Leave your world and come to me. I'm closer to you than I seem.
Leave your world and join me soon. Martha Lee. Martha Lee.
So don't forget your parachute and I'll be there to catch you.
I'm like a mirror. I'm like a mirror. I'm nothing till you look at me.
Time: 4:13
Sandman
No matter how I moved her aim was never high.
I guess that was what I needed at the time.
A good woman is hard to find. A good woman is hard to find.
Well, she took me to church, prayed till it hurt.
I'll live to love another one more time. A good woman is hard to find.
She took me all the way, it was a long way down.
She makes me wonder, wonder, all day long.
Can a good woman, ever be found? Can a good woman, never be found?
I want to be happy, but not all the time.
I'll live to love another one more time. A good woman is hard to find.
Left me no way to penetrate her. Guess that was what I needed at the time.
I'll live to love another one more time. A good woman is hard to find.
Time: 5:36
Sandman
Silhouettes of the two of us climbing, climbing up a rope on fire.
Climbing up a rope on fire.
Only seconds to go and we'll break free, I didn't think that we would reach.
And save ourselves before the oxygen is gone.
I'll call for backup, you start to scream.
It's not the first time we've been in this dream.
She whispered deep, keep it on the track.
She said you're no angel, no angel anymore.
The sky is filled with question marks. Will the chains come apart?
These few seconds that I've left to go. Flames and chaos down below.
And the earth opens wide. Got to climb a rope on fire.
Make it to the car but the car won't start.
Me try to move the car but there's no more time.
We'll have to climb a rope on fire.
Silhouettes of the two of us climbing, climbing up a rope on fire.
Climbing up a rope on fire. Climbing up a rope on fire.
Then save ourselves before the oxygen is gone.
I'll call for backup. You start to scream.
It's not the first time we've been in this dream.
Time: 3:45
Sandman
I register your every touch. I hear your smell.
I hear your smile. Fast as light. Two hundred miles.
All alone just for tonight. I'm yours and you're mine.
And I'll part those branches with my hands.
Clear the land mines from your path.
All alone just for tonight. I'm yours and you're mine.
All alone just for tonight. I'm yours and you're mine.
I'll row the boat across the lake. We got smoke, we got perfume in our wake.
All alone just for tonight. I'm yours and you're mine.
Time: 2:59
Sandman
That's not to say it doesn't make a certain sense.
Maybe it's just the kind of people that we are.
That's not to say whether it's right or wrong.
It's not right or wrong. It's not right or wrong.
Laughing and finishing each other's sentences so charmingly.
Truth is it was all an accident.
Just like it is for everybody else.
But then again it was all and accident.
Just like the way it is for everybody else.
Like two fields of wheat, sent signals cross the kitchen sharp and sweet.
We just woke up one day in bed.
Put the blankets and the chairs against the windows and doors.
And stayed close together, trying to stay warm, oh.
That's not to say it doesn't make a certain sense.
Maybe it's just the kind of people that we are.
It's gone to far to be right or wrong. Now, now, now, now.