TAKE AWAY MY TEARS The welcome mat is faded and worn The door was always open till you closed it Our story went from legend to lore I’ve tried to tell that tale, but nobody knows it A house I made on unbuilt broken dreams And a life I lived is knockin on death’s door At least you never loved me So you can’t love me anymore Leave behind the good times that we shared Don’t erase the memories, and don’t sell em, they’re too rare Leave behind my love through the years But please take away my tears Please don’t pull our pictures off the shelf The days are gone when what’s yours was mine Leave me that old cardboard cutout of Elvis And give me a couple more years of cryin DUI Another night spent sipping all my sorrows Another thousand glances in this glass Another endless evening and another damn long day Another morning kicks me in the ass If Monday should find me taking too much aspirin And Tuesday finds me passed out past noon And Wednesday should find this headache long lastin Then Thursday will find me drinkin again with you Cause she’s worth all the heartache she’ll cause me She’s worth every tear that I’ll cry She’s worth several drinks several miles away That gal’s even worth that DUI The cops are tucked away by every stoplight The highway’s like a ticket tape parade There’s warrants on my head and my license is expired But I’m more than willing to risk it again today My car’s up for auction next Sunday The state’s drunk my bank account dry I can’t get behind the wheel for one full year Was that gal really worth that DUI IS IT WRONG THAT I MISS YOU? Is it wrong that I miss you when I know that you don't miss me anymore Is it wrong that I love you even though I do not know what I'm in for Is it wrong that I miss you when I've hurt you more than you have ever told me Is it wrong that I love you if I never got the chance for you to hold me Is it wrong that I smile when you tell me that you might get up and leave Is it wrong that I'm happy for the chance you'll have at last to finally breathe Is it wrong that I miss you when I know that you miss me more than ever Is it wrong that I love you when I know that I could do a little better Is it wrong that I remember every night I said goodbye and walked away Is it wrong that I remember when you told me how you loved these songs I played DREAMING The Growlers are over For a one-night show And Wilco’s playing Blood of the Lamb And here you are smiling Against my shoulder And you realize how in love with you I am But I’m just dreaming Tom Waits is over For a one-night show And Wilco’s playing California Stars In the corner dancing Like nobody knows Just how perfect you are But I’m just dreaming Again HERE'S TO THE WOMEN Here again at four AM with a bottle in my hand Wishin I was just a little better than I am Thinkin just how nice it’d be if only I could stay So the one who’s here wouldn’t be the one that got away Here’s to the women who break all the rules The beautiful ones nice enough to dance with all us fools Come pour one more to make it all worthwhile Maybe just enough and I’ll forget that smile By morning By a pal and put this round on my smallest tab It seems my ride has said goodnight, so call me up a cab Thanks for all your listening, I’ve had quite a ball But let me raise just one last toast before you say last call CHRISTMAS The Christmas trees all shine In the corner of the room You can almost see Saint Nicholas Flying across the moon But excuse me if I leave This Christmas party pretty soon Cause it ain’t worth shit Without my favorite girl I just want my honey here for Christmas I just want my heart by my side The only gift to give me is to look into her eyes I just want my honey here for Christmas The mistletoe works fine For everybody else here Y’all get in your kisses While I search for another beer Apologies for spinning yarns And bending all your ears But that’s just a leaf Without my only girl FIND It’s hard not to hold her And not to call her honey But it’s easy to see her smile As long as she’s happy I can somehow rest easy At least that’s what I tell myself It’s been working for a while I know now I’ve been faking love With every girl who ain’t her And I drink to get her off my mind But 209 proof ain’t the trick And sleeping only makes me dream Of finding things I know I’ll never find