Originals 13 - 24

Was it in 93 or 95? Never felt so free, never felt so alive Endless beach, endless sky Endless city standing by It all called to me, back in 93 Alt country, indie rock and R&B Jazz on the south side It was all there for me I played in all those reggae bands After the games Those Cubbies never won But everyone loved 'em just the same I smoked lots of reds cuz I just didn't care Going to bed with the smell of the tavern In my hair, no I didn't care Cuz I felt so free, way back in 93 Was it in 95 or 93? Never felt so alive, never felt so free Loading up our beater cars Heading down to city bars On Lake Shore Drive Way back in 95 Laying down some tracks For a couple of bands Getting on the road And putting some miles on the van Played my accordion where I could Singing telegrams Man I knew every neighborhood And being on a label never really meant That you'd paid a single bill Or that you'd made your rent Oh but still, it was such a thrill Just to be alive Way back in 95 There in 23, I was just where I should be Thirty years down the road That's good to know Oh but still, I get such a thrill To look back and see 93 Sometimes it's good to Look back at your life You know I like to Look back at my life I never felt so free I never felt so free As back in 93

Sometimes late at night I'm lost inside my head And I just can't fall asleep With this mounting sense of dread My mother's growing old I'm getting older too And I just can't but think About that other shoe When's it gonna drop now What's gonna happen next? Not a person in this room can know It's anybody's guess I feel all alone here Like I'm floating in this world And there's nothing that can save This frightened girl This house of cards must fall Down come one and all We're passing through this place In space and time I just wish that I could see What the dealer held for me Fragile as we are, we must all persevere And hold on til the end Soon enough the end will be here This house of cards must fall Down come one and all We're passing through this place In space and time I just wish that I could see What the dealer held for you and me This house of cards must fall

Inside I knew you were a geek Not the way you looked on the street I knew the real you I was a pretty girl, pretty insecure In my world, and you knew that too We grew up together We were babies when we met And the way that things have gone Since then It's easy to forget That we needed each other back then My old friend I will always love you, that will not expire Unlike the fire of our first days I will always be here, until the end My old friend I'll see you on the other side We'll fix things on that other side My old friend

Whoever told you that life was fair? My mother would say to me As a child that was everyone That I'd ever met, since the age of three You play nice, share your toys Be good girls and be good boys Play by the rules Now I know why the rules are there Cuz the game of life's not fair Live life best as you're able Make happiness the choice Do it all with love and care Go on make some joyful noise So just play fair, share your toys, Be good girls and be good boys Play by the rules Now you know why the rules are there Cuz the game of life's not fair

Waiting on the couch As the living room grows dark I've got too much to do And yet I sit I know that it's time to fly To live my life before I die Above me is that waiting sky I just have to leave the ground I have to leave the ground I guess it's clear, I stand right here I stand right here Beneath the clear And waiting sky

Every one of us We are water running down Spirits who are bound To join the sea All the deepest hardships And the joys that we have found Will bring us one day to a place of peace Rivers join the ocean Which touches every shore All of it one flowing piece From here to ever more We are flowing here to ever more

I'm reaching for the memories And I'm pulling them apart Searching for the tiny clues Remaining in my heart I know that I remember Cuz the feelings all live on It's just the words, the details And the names are gone But is a raindrop Ever really gone?

Sometimes it's just so easy To wanna kiss it all goodbye Sometimes it's just so easy To wanna lay right down and die Sometimes it's just so easy I wanna just break down and cry Oh no, I know I gotta try Oh no, I know I gotta try

We thank everyone before us Every woman, every man Every tiny girl and every tiny boy Who labored all their lives And never had a choice We thank the ones Who gave their lives to Troy

Saratoga, what a lovely place to be Saratoga Springs, pretty as a Christmas tree The haves and the have nots Sharing the same spots Put your money on a pony In a town that's oh-so tony, yeah Saratoga Springs It's lots of different things Pretty Saratoga

Here in this three-chord town That's what they're all putting down Here in Saratoga Springs Three chords work just fine Forgive my snark, but that's just how I roll I guess I better get ready to sell my soul And just give up my jelly roll All to this three-chord town Down to this three-chord town

Pandemic times, it's a struggle that's new Everyone is bored and eating But what can we do Pandemic times, it feels somehow unreal But in due time it will be passed And we will all heal From these scary Oh so hairy Pandemic times!