Whoa, it saves me Graduation Day If I get over this big, white wall WISHING WELL (Baby its saves me) Your lovin’ saves me Time holds still at the stone hotel I wanna wake up somewhere where you don’t have to lose (Your lovin’ saves me, darlin’) Three free meals on the county bill Bought my ticket for the rainbow and it just hasn’t come through Whoa it saves me Takes my calls at the stone hotel They say there’s a city of Angels, won’t you just send me one or two? Your loving saves me GIVING BACK THE BEST OF ME Might be forsaken for now, but I’ve got someone waiting on me I always tried to be a good girl but I can’t really say that that’s true I got a brand new windshield on a broken down car Inmate advisors, say its time to make my pleading loud And I don’t wanna go down just like that I got a stash of bourbon wrapped up on my coat of arms District attorney threw the book pulled the learning out So damn high, I just can’t get back Oh these heartless things Oh magistrate, just take my statement, it’s the truth we all want Might be living in a Pontiac FROM OUTER SPACE This here Defendant came in waving a banana gun But I ain’t crying I got a bag of lightning Mission control, mission control I got a coffee pot And some con said now, honey, you better take a bone And I’m wishing on a wishing well Are you looking through your telescope I’m afraid of surprises That DA called for restitution for a hustler out on bond, walkin’ along I can’t hear the mission bells Our love is everywhere I’m never gonna get caught I’m Wishing on a wishing well Pushing up both of my sleeves I need you, You need me I can’t hear the mission bells You put our picture in my locket This world is so deceiving I look for our faces from this rocket And you are the sun setting to the west of me There ain’t no shakin’ down a pawn shop girl Someone take my heartbeat put it butterfly jar Oh are you crying out loud? And you are the one turning out the lights so i can dream My credit is borrowed Cast that net into the afternoon wind so I can’t go too far I’ll pay you back tomorrow Come on baby lets break free, gonna get stoned in the afternoon Honey I’m an astronaut Well maybe i could be your only rider If I get over this big, white wall I can’t give you what you want Would you have me? Lay by the lake or the north fork river so we don’t have choose But I’ll try, I’ll try to be there when you call I surrender Time holds still at the stone hotel Honey it’s a long way home from outer space Never gonna waste another hour, Three free meals on the county bill And everybody says there’s a setting sun Cause i got you. Takes my calls at the stone hotel Sitting at the end of a hard-luck run Mission control, Mission control, And you know it. I Might be forsaken for now, but I’ve got someone waiting on me I’m a gonna try and get me some Are you looking through your telescope? MMM, and I’m giving back the best of me If I could just catch it Our love is everywhere Time holds still at the stone hotel Big sky horizons moving in double time Three free meals on the county bill I’m wishing on a wishing well Galaxies away in this orbit And I remember your heartbeat through the great divide Takes my calls at the stone hotel I can’t hear the mission bells You could come along on my comet Oh, would you pardon me? I Might be forsaken for now, but I’ve got someone waiting on me Wishing on a wishing well Stars in our view I can’t hear the mission bells And you are the sun setting to the west of me Honey I’m an astronaut And you are the one turning out the lights so i can dream And they tell me, yeah they say I can’t give you what you’ve got You can’t have it all your way But I’ll try, I’ll try to be there when you call Well maybe i could be your only rider MISERY AND GIN And I tell them, yeah I say Honey it’s a long way home from outer space Would you have me? That its mine, oh yeah its mine, mine, mine I surrender Memories and drinks don’t mix too well And I can never predict the radio waves floating through the atmosphere, Never gonna waste another hour, Jukebox records don’t play those wedding bells I’m wishing on a wishing well I know its strange Cause i got you. Lookin’ at the world through the bottom of a glass I can’t hear the mission bells And I can never forget where I’ve been And you know it. All I see is a girl who’s fadin’ fast Wishing on a wishing well Baby it’s a long way home from space MMM, and I’m giving back the best of me I can’t hear the mission bells It’s a long way home from outer space Tonight I need that man again Honey it’s a long way home from outer space Baby I could be your last departure oh I surrender Oh, what I’d give for my baby to just walk in Never gonna waste another hour, oh if you’ll have me Sit down beside me and say it’s alright Take me home and make sweet love to me tonight Cause you are the sun setting to the west of me YOUR LOVING SAVES ME And you are the one turning out the lights so i can dream But here I am again, mixin’ misery and gin WASCO Sittin’ with all my friends and talkin’ to myself Here we go around again, closer than we’ve ever been Well maybe i could be your only rider And it looks like I’m havin’ a good time Will you lead me through the night? 4499 inmates Would you have me? But any fool can tell that this honkytonk heaven really makes you feel like hell I can almost see the light Only one cowboy’s got my heart I surrender 29 miles just northwest of Bakersfield Never gonna waste another hour, I light a lonely cowboy’s cigarette To see you two-step glidin’ across the floor If he ain’t calling, I know he’s on the yard Cause i got you. We start talkin’ about what we wanna forget Chasin’ that hi-hat door-to-door Well Maybe if I’d spent a little more time in high school And you know it. His life story and mine are the same: Maybe a little jazz or rock ‘n’ roll I just might be somebody else’s girl MMM, and I’m giving back the best of me We both lost someone and only have ourselves to blame To feed my Yankee heart and southern soul But my daddy left home for Mary Ellen’s mama MMM, and I’m giving back the best of me There ain’t no borders, there ain’t no boundaries And we’ve been scrapping ever since MMM, and I’m giving back the best of me And here I am again, mixin’ misery and gin Good, good people all around me Sittin’ with all my friends and talkin’ to myself Hard as concrete, soft as gravy You don’t have to tell me he can’t be saved And it looks like I’m havin’ a good time Jesus is cool, but your lovin’ saves me Might be an outlaw but we’re riding away But any fool can tell that this honkytonk heaven really makes you feel like hell Graduation Day Oh Lord I hope I don’t forget the ones I owe the greatest debt STONE HOTEL And here I am again, mixin’ misery and gin See you standin’ there tonight, open arms and burnin’ bright And I’m going up to Wasco, Wasco I say Sittin’ with all my friends and talkin’ to myself Going up to Wasco come graduation day Hello neighbor, are you hungry are you screaming out for love? And it looks like I’m havin’ a good time To see you two-step glidin’ across the floor Ain’t nobody gonna tell me who to love Cause something tells me that you’re likely to stick me up But any fool can tell that this honkytonk heaven really makes you feel like hell Chasin’ that hi-hat door-to-door Ain’t nobody gonna tell me who to love Don’t be mistaken, I’m a pirate, I’m a thief from way back Maybe a little jazz or rock ‘n’ roll Graduation Day But, oh this time, I was just tryin’ to get my money stacked To feed my Yankee heart and southern soul There ain’t no borders, there ain’t no boundaries 31 days of pushing that blue impala And that judge said, young lady Good, good people all around me And I bet my last dollar, my baby’s got a plan You never felt the blues, no not yet Hard as concrete, soft as gravy And I quit my job down at Lita’s Bakery, said I can’t wear that hat And I keep trying to remember what his face looked like Jesus is cool, but your lovin’ saves me You don’t have to tell me he can’t be saved But I was staring at my shoes Love me an outlaw but we’re riding away There ain’t no borders, there ain’t no boundaries Graduation Day I need you, You need me Good, good people all around me And I’m going up to Wasco, Wasco I say This world is so deceiving Hard as concrete, soft as gravy Going up to Wasco come graduation day There ain’t no shaking down a pawn shop girl Jesus is cool, but your lovin’ saves me Ain’t nobody gonna tell me who to love My credit is borrowed Aint nobody gonna tell me who to love I’ll pay you back tomorrow