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The Things That I See
(10th Anniversary Remix of Compromised)

Compromise

The band is playin', it's loud in here,

The words I'm sayin', you won't hear,

 

But I suggest we compromise,

Compromise, compromise,

I'll back off if you'll step up some,

Otherwise, otherwise, otherwise, 

We won't get that much done, no, I know.

 

I've tried to tell you, 'cuz I can see,

Your needs compel you, as mine do me,

 

But I suggest we compromise,

Compromise, compromise,

I'll back off if you'll step up some,

Otherwise, otherwise, otherwise, 

We won't get that much done, no, I know.

 

How're we s'posed to twist an' shout,

If you don't care to work it out today?

How're we s'posed to boogaloo,

If "no" is all I see that you can say?

(That you can say)

 

Well, I can tango if you can waltz,

Our whole shebango has got its faults,

 

But I suggest we compromise,

Compromise, compromise,

I'll back off if you'll step up some,

Otherwise, otherwise, otherwise, 

We won't get that much done, no, 

 

I say compromise,

Compromise, compromise,

I'll back off if you'll step up some,

Otherwise, otherwise, otherwise, 

We won't get that much done, no, I know.

 

And we won't get that much done, no, I know.

We won't get that much done, no, I know.

A Big Comeuppance

A big comeuppance is a thing'll 

bring you down to the ground,

A big comeuppance says tonight 

you won't be wearing no crown,

You never see it comin' from nowhere,

Especially not no strawberry blonde,

A big comeuppance is a thing you'll 

have to make it beyond.

 

A big comeuppance is a thing'll 

put a dent in your day,

A big comeuppance is a thing 

that won't leave much you can say,

You know it's going to mess 

up your weekend,

However hard you try to pretend,

A big comeuppance brings a lot of 

stuff you thought to an end.

 

I mean to tell you, I mean to tell you, 

I mean to tell you so.

You might as well, you, you might 

as well, you, you might as well now know.

 

A big comeuppance is a thing'll 

shoot you down from your perch,

A big comeuppance says you'll 

have to re-assess your research,

She only drove back up here to tell you,

Some words she'd been rehearsing I'll bet,

A big comeuppance is a thing I guess 

you won't soon forget.

 

I mean to tell you, I mean to tell you, 

I mean to tell you so.

You might as well, you, you might 

as well, you, you might as well now know.

 

A big comeuppance is a thing'll 

put you back in your place,

A big comeuppance is a thing'll 

throw some facts in your face,

You think you're not gon' let it affect you,

It's only what it is cause it's true,

A big comeuppance is a thing that's 

not like nothin' you knew.

When I Get To California

The path of least resistance 

it is often taken but,

The path of least resistance 

often ain't much but a rut.

You rarely get a second chance 

to make a first impression.

Could I just lie down a while here 

while we ride out this recession?

 

I've been close enough to the edge 

today to see how much was left,

Oh, but I backed off some from there 

because I tend to need myself.

For all intents and purposes the 

world we live in's real,

Which makes it hard to shrug 

it off or fake the way you feel.

 

No one ever sat me down with 

a "Hey, kid, let me warn ya."

Anyway I'll figure it out,

When I get to California.

 

Whatever she wants to talk 

about will not be good I'll bet.

I'm only looking forward to it 

'cuz it hasn't happened yet.

 

What's a June Bug s'posed to do, 

oh, no, when July rolls around,

Except for just his level best to 

keep his back up off the ground?

 

No one ever sat me down with 

a "Hey, kid, let me warn ya."

Anyway I'll figure it out,

When I get to California.

 

That faded yellow roadside sign 

says "slow, children at play,"

But I know that they've all grown 

up and most have moved away.

My sense of disassociation's 

worse with ev'ry year,

It's hard to make much sense of 

things although they're loud an' clear.

 

No one ever sat me down with 

a "Hey, kid, let me warn ya."

Anyway I'll figure it out,

When I get to California.

 

When I get to California.

Drink Red Wine

Oh, no, here we go again, By God,

I've done nothin', can't you see?

I say hi to people, that's not odd,

You say who is she to me?

Just some gal who's name I can't recall,

So I said she's looking good?

I just meant she's aging well, that's all,

You would take it like you would.

 

Oh, sit back down an' drink red wine.

I'm sure we'll have a good time some time.

 

Oh, sit back down an' drink red wine.

I'm sure we'll have a good time some time.

 

You've known me for sev'ral months by now,

I'm not perfect, I confess,

Most times I just make you mad somehow,

And here's one of them, I guess.

 

Oh, sit back down an' drink red wine.

I'm sure we'll have a good time some time.

 

Annabelle, don't go,

Gimme back those keys,

Stay an' watch the show,

Please, please.

 

Soon that band'll play your song I'll bet,

They'll look over when they do,

I'm not jokin', baby, don't leave yet,

They'll look over here for you.

 

Oh, sit back down an' drink red wine.

I'm sure we'll have a good time some time.

 

Oh, sit back down an' drink red wine.

I'm sure we'll have a good time some time.

 

Some time, some time, some time…

Welcome The Rolling Stones

Oh, I heard the news today,

What the FM deejays say,

That the Rolling Stones will play

A show for free!

It's just one hour's drive away,

From my home in San Jose,

 

At the Altamont Speedway,

Is where they'll be.

Welcome the Rolling Stones!

What time will they go on?

 

I know just what Trish will say—

That the stars lined up this way,

For her twenty-first birthday,

It's meant to be.

 

Welcome the Rolling Stones!

What time will they go on?

God bless the late Brian Jones.

Welcome the Rolling Stones!

 

We'll hitch out and stay all day,

Hear the local bands all play,

If it takes all night, I'll stay,

If she's with me.

We'll move close up all the way,

We'll hold hands and sing and sway,

She'll look up at me and say,

"I love you, Lee."

 

Welcome the Rolling Stones!

What time will they go on?

God bless the late Brian Jones.

Welcome the Rolling Stones!

Rollin' Home To Someone You Love

Rollin' home to someone you love,

Sure makes life worthwhile,

Big, shiny moon up above,

Rollin' down a Sycamore mile,

Rollin' down a Sycamore mile.

 

Rollin' home to someone you love,

Sure makes life alright,

All day's been push came to shove,

Gonna have a sweet Tuesday night,

Gonna have a sweet Tuesday night.

 

And here comes that red light,

It beats all I've ever seen,

How much of my life does it take?

I'll cut on my head lights,

While I wait for the green,

Waiting with my foot on the brake.

 

Rollin' home to someone you love,

Sure makes life okay,

I'll ride that road to whereof,

Goin' home the fastest old way,

Goin' home the fastest old way.

 

Rollin' home to someone you love,

Sure makes life worthwhile,

Big, shiny moon up above,

Rollin' down a Sycamore mile,

Rollin' down a Sycamore mile.

 

Rollin' down a Sycamore mile.

Rollin' down a Sycamore mile.

Send In The Clowns

Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

I Don't Know If You Know It

I don't know if you know it,

But you are, hey, pretty crazy, too,

You're up on your high horse now,

And that is not a good place for you.

 

I don't know where the world went wrong,

But it's all that a man can do,

Just to hang on to that same sweet song,

That went hey, la, la, la, lay, loo…loo.

 

I don't know if you see it,

But you can't see what'd be best for you,

We all need some help sometimes,

And I'm just, hey, tryna say what's true.

 

I don't know where the world went wrong,

But it's all that a man can do,

Just to hang on to that same sweet song,

That went hey, la, la, la, lay, loo.

 

I don't know if you feel it,

But I feel lots of concern for you,

You say and you do things a lot these days,

That are not like the you I knew.

 

I don't know where the world went wrong,

But it's all that a man can do,

Just to hang on to that same sweet song,

That went hey, la, la, la, lay, loo.

 

I don't know where the world went wrong,

But it's all that a man can do,

Just to hang to that same sweet song,

That went hey, la, la, la, lay, loo…loo.

Devil (Here She Comes Now)

Here she comes now with a blue dress on,

And a flower in her dark brown hair,

I wonder what it's like when the dress is gone,

And she's lyin' on a bed somewhere.

 

Devil with a blue dress,

Devil with a blue dress on.

Devil with a blue dress,

Devil with a blue dress on.

 

Here she comes now with a blue dress on,

Well, at least her legs an' arms are bare,

Underneath the dress she'd be flesh an' bone,

An' I wonder what it'd feel like there.

 

Devil with a blue dress,

Devil with a blue dress on.

Devil with a blue dress,

Devil with a blue dress on.

 

Devil with a blue dress,

Devil at odds with ev'rything, 

I'm supposed to be,

Devil with a blue dress,

Tryna make a mess of me,

'Cause I've been building a 

life with a beautiful wife,

Who's like an angel Heaven sent to me,

But I'll be walkin' downtown an' look around,

And there's Amanda Leigh.

 

Devil with a blue dress,

Devil at odds with ev'rything, 

I'm supposed to be,

Devil with a blue dress,

Tryna make a mess of me,

'Cause I've been building a 

life with a beautiful wife,

Who's like an angel Heaven sent to me,

But I'll be walkin' downtown an' look around,

And there's Amanda Leigh.

 

Here she comes now with a blue dress on,

And a flower in her dark brown hair,

I wonder what it's like when she's all alone,

And that dress is on a chair somewhere.

 

Devil with a blue dress,

Devil with a blue dress on.

Devil with a blue dress,

Devil with a blue dress on.

 

She's a devil with a blue dress,

Devil with a blue dress on.

Devil with a blue dress,

Devil with a blue dress on.

Time Seemed So Free

Baby, tweedle dee dee,

Time seemed easy to me,

Time flowed, Time took its time,

Time slowed down on a dime.

 

Time seemed so free to me, to me.

 

Don't push, spin it like this,

Time's been known to resist,

Time stalled, hung in your hair,

Time crawled onward from there.

 

Time seemed so free to me, to me.

 

Lonesome as Christmas I got off the train,

Time got off too and it ran in the rain,

I had a number, some place I could stay.

 

Time came around and was going my way,

I made a fortune and rode in parades,

I dined with a duke and then 

slept with his maid,

And time seemed so free.

 

Time went drinking and such,

Time bent, Time was too much,

Time sped, Time overran,

Time spilt buckets of sand.

 

Time seemed so free to me, to me.

 

One day, Time wasn't there,

Time went missing somewhere,

Where's Time? Nobody knows,

Time got lost, I suppose.

Time was, Time was my friend,

Time's gone. How could it end?

 

Time seemed so free to me, 

Time seemed so free to me.

Whatever, Man

I'm not the only one in the 

world with problems,

But I am the only one with mine,

Don't start in feeling sorry for yourself,

It could take up all of your time.

 

You won't likely see me 

walking down the sidewalk,

Laughing deliriously, but I say,

People don't take life seriously 

enough or they wouldn't,

Take it so seriously.

 

Whatever, man, 

don't let it drive you crazy,

Don't let it blow your mind,

Whatever, man, 

however long your days be,

Nights could well just 

work out fine…fine.

 

I've made some small talk, 

but theirs was microscopic,

Glad I'm off the northbound plane,

You've reinforced my 

guesstimated thoughts of,

What's inside of some folks' brain,

Someone's got a big, 

beige Buick in the fast lane,

Crawling all of fifty five,

Who'd give a snail the 

keys to start a car and,

Let him leave the house and drive?

 

Whatever, man, 

don't let it drive you crazy,

Don't let it blow your mind,

Whatever, man, 

however long your days be,

Nights could well just 

work out fine…fine.

 

The Lord helps those who 

tend to help themselves to,

More than anyone might need,

But that's the way it's been and 

prob'ly always will be,

Ever what the cause or creed.

 

Whatever, man, 

don't let it drive you crazy,

Don't let it blow your mind,

Whatever, man, 

however long your days be,

Nights could well just 

work out fine…fine.

 

Whatever, man, 

don't let it drive you crazy,

Don't let it blow your mind,

Whatever, man, 

however long your days be,

Nights could well just 

work out fine…fine.

The Things That I See (The Day John Met Paul)

The more away from home I get,

The more I'm glad I'm not just sat there,

I made it to the Woolton fete,

And I met the most amazing cat there.

 

That boy sure could sing the kinda songs, 

That this boy's singing, if he should come along,

Our great group could sure do something strong, 

And you'd see the things that I see,

You'd see the things that I see.

 

He's up a step or two on me,

'Cause I'm still playin' chords for banjo, 

But he and me in harmony,

Could find a way to something grand though.

 

'Cause that boy sure could sing the kinda songs, 

That this boy's singing, if he should come along,

Our great group could sure do something strong, 

And you'd see the things that I see,

You'd see the things that I see.

 

In my mind there's a place,

I feel fine in that space.

 

As any fool can plainly see,

I've got myself a good sized ego, 

But he could be as good as me,

So, think about how far could we go.

 

'Cause that boy sure could sing the kinda songs, 

That this boy's singing, if he should come along, 

Our great group could sure do something strong, 

And you'd see the things that I…

 

I said that boy sure could sing the kinda songs, 

That this boy's singing, if he should come along, 

Our great group could sure do something strong, 

And you'd see the things that I see.

And you'd see the things that I see.

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah…

Ebenezer's Back In Town

Don't look now, 
Ebenezer's back in town
And somehow 
Nothin' stopped him this time 'round.
Nothin' stopped him this time 'round,
Back in black, back in town,
Back to whack old rainbows down,

Down upon the cold, hard ground.

You keep up,
I don't really think I can. 
There's too much 
Beamin' offa that one man. 
Chaos kicks, and mayhem screams,

He'll disrupt most everything. 
Up there in the sky so high,

Watching through the big sky eye.

Ebenezer merch for sale. 
Get it while the gettin's good.

Here beyond the campaign trail.

   There where JFK once stood.
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Drive on slow over a disjunctive land. 

   It's as though ev'rything's on shifting sand.

Long, flat shadows in the twilight light, twilit light, twilight light,

That's the way you feel it

when the world's turned right, 
world's turned right again.

Don't look now,
Ebeneezer's back in town.

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