I DON'T CARE Sitting on Sunset Staring at the ground Old man on the corner Screaming at the crowd Turn your face away Don't look into his eyes Nobody's watching Or listening He's no one No one at all I don't care if you don't care There's plenty of trouble everywhere Spinning off into the air I don't care if you don't care Hello, are you sleeping Is anybody home Your lover is leaving She'd rather be alone Try not to think of her Don't think of her at all She's not listening Or crying Or waiting for you to call I don't care if you don't care There's plenty of trouble everywhere Spinning off into the air I don't care if you don't care I don't mind if you don't mind Minding is a waste of time Little people say a prayer I don't care if you don't care Turn your face away Don't look into their eyes Nobody's watching Or listening There's no one No one at all I don't care if you don't care There's plenty of trouble everywhere Spinning off into the air I don't care if you don't care I don't mind if you don't mind Minding is a waste of time Little people say a prayer I don't care if you don't care FREEDOM ROAD See the lines upon your face Speak your own lines in the play Five o'clock it's almost over Keep your head down now Driving back through inner space Past the docks and concrete faces Six o'clock you're nearly home now Keep your head up All along the freedom road Tryin' to find a way back home No matter how far No matter how long Let the candle light your soul All along the freedom road No matter how far No matter how long See the lines upon your face Hair is thinning, pushing forty Sixty-five, it's almost over Keep your head down now Wife and kids, set in your ways Keep the job, you can't replace it Count the days until it's over Keep your head up All along the freedom road Tryin' to find a way back home No matter how far No matter how long Let the candle light your soul All along the freedom road No matter how far No matter how long HOLIDAY FOR SWEET LOUISE 10:15 Louise is ready Down the stairs her car is waiting In the mirror a perfect face In her mind a better place Ever tired every day Same old lover Same old life No desire to be a wife Locks her heart and leaves a letter She wants Bags of money And I watch her walk away Milk and honey Searching for something Build a castle for you and me No job, no boss No stone, no moss Everybody on your knees Holiday for sweet Louise On her way she takes a lover Takes him in and under cover All the way to ecstasy Drops him off and takes another On and on and on it goes Always wanting Always taking In and out of strangers' clothes Close her eyes And all she sees Bags of money And I watch her walk away Milk and honey Searching for something Build a castle for you and me No job, no boss No stone, no moss Everybody on your knees Holiday for sweet Louise French perfume And nothing cheaper Silver shoes No one can keep her Ooo fiesta takes its toll Yes Louise is on a roll for Bags of money And I watch her walk away Milk and honey Searching for something Build a castle for you and me No job, no boss No stone, no moss Everybody on your knees Holiday for sweet Louise SHE DREAMS Then I saw her Then I saw her Hiding from the rain Through a revolving door She went the other way And kept walking A million disconnected things Run through her head like mannequins And all the voiceless words they say Remind her she's alone again Keep walking Keep walking She takes the subway down To an empty room in another part of town Arms 'round a violin and a fashion magazine She dreams of everything Her soul is singing There's nothing missing And no one's listening She dreams of everything On a Staten Island ferry in a see-through coat Reads every word that Kafka wrote She memorizes all the quotes But doesn't get the dirty jokes She's walking Keep walking Down to the city hall With graffitied walls To the anniversary waltz She plays her violin And the overture begins She dreams of everything Her soul is singing There's nothing missing And no one's listening She dreams of everything ORDINARY DAY The phone keeps ringing in the corner An empty bed against the wall Her naked beauty goes untouched She sits and stares She wants so much Where did it go We had it all Our little home So happy Shade your eyes Hold your ears now No one cries, not a tear No one hears a sound The list goes on It's no one's song Just an ordinary day Inside the window Faces screaming Outside the children Play alone The family secrets Run so deep No one can talk No one can sleep Leave us alone We're happy Our little home So happy Shade your eyes Hold your ears now No one cries, not a tear No one hears a sound The list goes on It's no one's song Just an ordinary day Be still My little darling I promise to take you away Where did it go We had it all Our little home So happy Shade your eyes Hold your ears now No one cries, not a tear No one hears a sound The list goes on It's no one's song Just an ordinary day FAMILY TREE You came back to get me In the desert where I broke down Stuck in the heat of my father's fire The sun burned away our clothes I stood there before you I heard you clearly without a sound Teach me how to listen I am learning how to hear Catch me I am falling From the family tree You know I couldn't see you Had to shatter every mirror Catch me I am falling From the family tree The lines of your hands Your face Your eyes Draw a picture in my spinning head The lines of your body Join together to form me Come to join me in this desert bed Teach me how to listen I am learning how to hear Catch me I am falling From the family tree You know I couldn't see you Had to shatter every mirror Catch me I am falling From the family tree Standing under the family tree I touched your crying face All of your tears began to freeze And we left them there as power For the spirit of the indian and the owl Teach me how to listen I am learning how to hear Catch me I am falling From the family tree You know I couldn't see you Had to shatter every mirror Catch me I am falling From the family tree ECHO HILL I fail to say the things I feel I keep them locked away, away But I see you I feel you I wanted you to know A place beyond A place so far We go in blind We trust We are I want you I need you I wanted you to know Meet me up on Echo Hill When darkness falls Our love lies still When the passion fades away Meet me up on Echo Hill A healing touch A trembling hand The language of another land But I hear you I feel you Just wanted you to know Sadness for the wasted years Pouring out the bitter tears As they touch me They heal me That's all I need to know Meet me up on Echo Hill When darkness falls Our love lies still When the passion fades away Meet me up on Echo Hill ALL THE WAY HOME All through the winter Saving the money you'd spend In bed with the TV on Hiding from the rent Warmer days Driving out in your car Holidays Never going too far Two young boys Nine and ten A Catholic school child A public school friend Fields of houses Troubled child Keeping it all inside And the drummers played On a perfect day And the family circled the stone We bowed our heads As the drummers played A song to carry you All the way home Pack your bags Leavin' it all behind And all your years For whatever you could find Open highway Golden land Trade in your cards for another hand Off to nowhere, Running wild Keeping it all inside And the drummers played On a perfect day And the family circled the stone We bowed our heads As the drummers played A song to carry you All the way home TRUST SOMEBODY Rita believes in miracles She wants to trust somebody She wants to trust someone She waits in the church 'til Everybody's gone She wants to trust somebody She wants to trust someone But you don't have to go on Keepin' all that love wrapped up inside I will be an open door And you don't have to pay a price 'Cause it ain't something you can buy 'There's nothing to be sacrificed I know she's waiting for the sky to fall She wants to love somebody Yeah, she's gotta love someone And all of the tears she's cried Will vanish if she could just find someone You gotta love somebody You gotta trust someone But you don't have to go on Keepin' all that love wrapped up inside I will be an open door And you don't have to pay a price 'Cause it ain't something you can buy There's nothing to be sacrificed All my faith All my hope All my love Waits for you Forevermore And I will sing (repeat) But you don't have to go on Keepin' all that love wrapped up inside I will be an open door And you don't have to pay a price 'Cause it ain't something you can buy There's nothing to be sacrificed Rita believes in miracles She wants to trust somebody She wants to trust someone She waits on the corner 'Til the sun goes down She wants to love somebody She wants to trust someone MEANWHILE And in between We'll work it out Wait for another scene To come about 'Cause we have our love And that makes us free It's never over Meanwhile The sky will always be Meanwhile The birds will always fly Meanwhile The earth beneath our feet We will always be Take a quiet step To another life With a gentle voice to clear my mind I can feel your soul And that makes me free It's never over Meanwhile The child will always be Meanwhile The love will keep us free Meanwhile The peace I hope we'll see We will always be We have our love And that's all we need It's never over Meanwhile The sky will always be Meanwhile The dove will always fly Meanwhile The earth beneath our feet We will always be Meanwhile The words will always be Meanwhile The sun will always shine Meanwhile The truth I pray we'll find