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Union Maid:
516. 2006-11-21

Audio:
2006-11-09 - Bowery Poetry Club
2006-02-16 - Acoustic Cafe
2005-10-01 - Collectormania
2005-07-08 - Alternate Universe Con
2005-06-11 - The Point
2005-04-23 - O'Neills
2005-04-22 - The Troubadour
2003-07-18 - Knitting Factory
2002-10-26 - 14 Below
2002-08-27 - Hotel Cafe

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If you give me the line to draw
Then I will follow
If you give me the line to draw
Then I will follow

Why don't I ever see any old punks?
I guess they change their minds or die
Beaten by the greetings of "Enchanté"
By the girls who read Oscar Wilde
Now I was always one of the serious sort
But I let the comics show me around
I know I didn't laugh much but boy did he try
And all the time I'd be frightened by the sound

Now I searched the needle
And I bide my time
And I waited patiently for offstage lines
But the things that you put by
Aren't easily won
And your favorite songs of Texas
Are ones you can hum

So hide all your daughters
Buckle your sons
'Cause while she'll be skewering your insides
We'll be having all the fun

If you give me the line to draw
Then I will follow
We'll be having all the fun
If you give me the line to draw
Then I will follow

By the time she had found me
The idiots had crowned me
The king of acoustic guitar
Couldn't play too well
Oh it hurt like hell
From the callous to the blister to the scar
She was the epitaph of fashion
Hording love like rations
We'd be diggin' until we found bone
I still couldn't find the line
I still couldn't keep time
But it was better than being alone

Now I searched the needle
And I bide my time
And I waited patiently for offstage lines
But the things that you put by
Aren't easily won
And your favorite songs of Texas
Are ones you can hum

So I searched the needle
And I bide my time
And I waited patiently for offstage lines
But the things that you put by
Aren't easily won
And your favorite songs of Texas
Are ones you can hum

So hide all your daughters
Buckle your sons
Oh loose lips sink more than ships
Will be the headline that runs
Leave your car at the station
And take the train into town
You see, we don't solve your problems here
We just work our way around

If you give me the line to draw
Then I will follow
We just work our way around
If you give me the line to draw
Then I will follow
We're the lost and found

Copyright BMI 2002