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Albuquerque, NM 10/6/00 | Atlanta, GA 10/14/00 | Berkeley, CA 4/4/97 | Bonner Springs, KS 7/28/00 | Boston, MA 10/31/99 | Cleveland, OH 11/21/99 | Concord, CA 9/27/97 | Denver, CO 12/2/99 | Dublin, Ireland 6/14/00 | Hartford, CT 8/23/00 | Houston, TX 10/11/00 | Indianapolis, IN 7/31/00 | Irvine, CA 9/30/00 | Kalamazoo, MI 5/28/00 | London, UK 11/15/97 | London, UK 3/2/00 | London, UK 6/16/00 | Los Angeles, CA 3/16/94 | Los Angeles, CA 3/17/94 | Los Angeles, CA 11/16/95 |

Journal Pavillion-Albuquerque, NM 10/6/00

I was wasted in the afternoon
I was waiting on a train
I woke up in pieces and
Elisabeth had disappeared again
If you wrap yourself in a harness
I will sit in between this pain
There is nothing
There is nothing
There is nothing but the rain
Goodnight Elisabeth
Goodnight Elisabeth
We couldn't all be cowboys
So some of us are clowns
Some of us are dancers on the midway
We roam from town to town
I hope that everybody
can find a little flame
Me, I just live in this castle,
then I just light myself on fire
And I walk out on the wire baby
And I walk in the rain
And I say
Goodnight Elisabeth
Goodnight Elisabeth
I will wait for you in Baton Rouge
I'll miss you down in New Orleans
I'll wait for you while
she slips in something comfortable
And I'll miss you when
I'm slipping in between
If you wrap yourself in silence
Then I can wrap myself in pain
And if you're the queen of California
If you're the queen of California baby
If you're the queen of California
Baby I am the king of the rain
When I think of heaven
Deliver me in a black wing bird
I think of lying
When I think of heaven
Deliver me in a black winged bird
She thinks of dying
When I think of heaven
Oh deliver me in a black winged bird
Deliver me in a black winged bird
She thinks Im lying


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Lakewood Amphitheater-Atlanta, GA 10/14/00

I've been blinded by the sun
Lost in the rain
I'm wanderin America
Im disappearin again
I've been thrilled by love
Baby, I've been thrilled by love
And I have been washed in the rain
And drowned in the sun
I wandered america and I have just begun
I am thrilled by love
Baby, I've been thrilled by love

I am thrilled by love
Baby, I am thrilled by love
And I am the Rain King
So why dont you just come in
Out of the rain


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Greek Theater-Berkeley, CA 4/4/97

..."If you're lonely, come talk to me"
I said "If you're lonely,
I won't leave you alone
Yeah, if you're lonely, come,
come, come, come talk to me"
I said "If you're lonely,
you know I wouldn't leave you alone"...


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Verizon Amphitheater-Bonner Springs, KS 7/28/00

Gimme just a little of what I need
Its better than nothing
Its better than nothing
Its better than anything at all
If maybe you could give me
of anything I need
Its better than nothing
Its better than nothing
Its better than anything at all
She said hey whats a matter
Don’t you love me anymore
She said hey won’t you love me anymore
She said hey whats the matter
Don’t you love me anymore
She said hey
Let me try again this week


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Orpheum Theater-Boston, MA 10/31/99

The screen door slams
and Marys' dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch
as the radio plays Roy Orbison
singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again cause
I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside
Darlin, you know just what I'm here for
So your scared and
your thinking that maybe
we ain't that young anymore
Well show a little faith
theres magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey your alright
That's alright with me
You can hide beneath your covers
and study your pain
Make crosses for your lovers
Throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
for a savior to rise from these streets
I'm no hero its understood
All the redemption I can offer girl
Is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey what else can we do now
Accept roll down the windows and let the wind blow back your hair
? ? ?
She said your just
a little bit of anything
I need is better than nothing
Girl I'm so alone when Im with you
If you could just give me
a little bit of anything
I need it's better than nothing
Girl I'm so alone when I'm with you
When I think of heaven
It's better than nothing
It's better than nothing
It's better than when I think of you
It's better than nothing
It's better than nothing
It's better than, better than,
better than nothing
When I think of heaven
It's better than nothing
It's better than, better than,
better than, better than
When I think of heaven
It's better than nothing
It's better than, better than,
better than anything
Hey, it's better than nothing
It's better than nothing
It's better than anything at all
It's better than nothing
It's better than nothing
It's better than anything at all
Better then, better then,
better then, better then
Better than nothing
Better than nothing
Better than anything at all
Better than, better than,
better than, better than
Better than nothing or anything at
It's better than nothing
It's better than nothing
It's better than, better than,
better than, better than,
better than anything
It's better than nothing
It's better than nothing
It's better than, better than,
better than, better than,
better than nothing
It's better than nothing
It's better than nothing
It's better than
Better than
Better than
Better than
Better than
Better than
Better than
Better than
Better than
Better than
Better than
Better than anything
Anything
Anything
Anything
Anything
Anything
Anything
Anything
Anything
Anything
Its better than nothing
It's better than
It's better than
Better than
Better than
Better than
Better than
Better than
Better than
Better than
Better than


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Cleveland Music Hall-Cleveland, OH

Boys, play me a song about the rain
Um, you almost never
break a bass string
I mean you have to be something of a man
He's wearing his Harley boots
And he's breaking bass strings
He's about to have a baby
His wife is pregnant
He is a man of great potentcy
He is
He is
He is the rain king

Well the screen door slams
Mary's dress waves
And like a vision she dances
across the porch while the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
Cause I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside, daring
You know just what I'm here for
So your scared and your thinking that
Maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith
There's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty
But hey, your all right
And that's all right with me
You can hide beneath your
covers and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers
Throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a savior to rise from these streets
Well now I ain't no hero that's understood
All the redemption I can offer girl
is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
What else can we do now
Accept roll down the windows
And let the wind blow back your hair
In a car, in a time, and I'm sure
the line will take you anywhere
And if it's alright with you
I come out to sleep on that icy line tonight
Well if you just hold onto me, baby
Everything is gonna be alright
If you could gimme just a
little bit of anything I need
It's better than nothing
I'm just so alone when I'm with you
If you could gimmie just
a little bit of anything I need
It's better than nothing
Ah its better than nothin
It's better than nothin
When I think of heaven
It's better than nothing
It's better than nothing
It's better than when I think of you
It's better than nothing
It's better than nothing
It's better than anything
or anything or nothing
Ya know it's better than nothing
It's better than nothing
It's better than when I think of you
It's better than nothing
It's better than nothing
It's better than
Better than
It's better
It's better than
Better than
Better than
Better than
Better than anything
It's better than anything
It's better
Better than
Better than
Better
Than
It's better than anything at all


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Concord Pavillion-Concord, CA 9/27/97

Said "Wiseblood
knows I walk the way the wind blows"
Said "Wiseblood hears
grace whispering behind"
I said "Wiseblood knows
I walk the way the wind blows
Yeah, you know Wiseblood
hears grace whispering behind
She said "When I think of heaven"
She said "Adam, when I think of heaven"
She said "When I think of heaven"
She looked at me and
she said "I think of you"
And she said
"Why don't you think of me too?


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Magness Arena-Denver, CO 12/2/99

Well the screen door slams
and Mary's dress waves
And like a vision,
she dances across the porch
while the radio plays Roy Orbison
singing for the lonely,
hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again cause
I just can't face
myself alone again
Don't run back inside darlin'
you're just what I'm here for
so you're scared and you're thinkin'
that maybe we aren't
that young anymore
Show a little faith,
there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty,
but hey, you're alright,
and that's alright with me
You can hide 'neath your covers
and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers,
throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
for a savior to rise
from these streets
Well listen I ain't no hero,
that's understood
All the redemption I can offer girl,
is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to
make it good somehow,
well what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and
let the wind blow back your hair
As the night's busting open -
these two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance
to make it real,
we can trade in these
wings on some wheels
Climb in back, Heaven's waiting
down on the tracks
Oh, come take my hand,
we're riding out tonight to
face the promised land
Oh Thunder Road,
lying out there like
a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late we can make it
if we run, we can make it if we run,
we can make it if we run
Yeah so we got this guitar and
learned how to make it talk
And the car's out back
if you're ready
to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat,
the door's open but
the ride it ain't free
Tonight you're lonely for words that
I ain't spoken but
tonight we'll be free,
all the promises'll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes of
all the boys you sent away
And they haunt this dusty beach road
in the skeleton frames
of burned-out Chevrolets
We got one last chance to make it real,
we got one last chance to make it real


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Point Theater-Dublin, Ireland 6/14/00

I said goodbye bluesky
I won't be coming around again
Oh rain oh rain it won't go away
Comes back each and every day
All the holes inside us keeps
the window from the rain again
I got holes inside of me baby
You cant fill them up again
I got holes inside of me baby
I got holes inside of me baby
I got holes inside of me baby
You can't fill them up again
Seems well out of sunset
Seems well out of morning
Seems well out of moonlight
I need one more time
one more time
one more time again
I need one more time
one more time
one more time again
(Repeat)


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Meadows Music Theater-Hartford, CT 8/23/00

Im in love with a girl
Finest girl in the world
I didn’t know
this could happen to me
I think about her all the time
Hope one day she'll be mine
I didn’t know I could feel this way
Im in love
Im in love with her
Im in love, oh shit
Im in love


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Woodlands Pavillion-Houston, TX 10/11/00

Gimme just a little of what I need
Its better than nothing
Its better than nothing
Its better than anything at all
If maybe you could
give me of anything I need
Its better than nothing
Its better than nothing
Its better than anything at all
Better than nothing
When I think of
When I think of
When I think of heaven
When I think of
When I think of
When I think of heaven
When I think of
When I think of heaven


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Deer Creek Amphitheater-Indianapolis, IN 7/31/00

Well the screen door slams and Mary's dress waves
And like a vision,
she dances across the porch
while the radio plays Roy Orbison
singing for the lonely,
hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again cause
I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside darlin'
you're just what I'm here for
so you're scared and you're thinkin'
that maybe we aren't that young anymore
Show a little faith,
there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty,
but hey, you're alright,
and that's alright with me
You can hide 'neath your covers
and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers,
throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer
praying in vain for a savior
to rise from these streets
Well listen I ain't no hero,
that's understood
All the redemption I can offer girl,
is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow,
well what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and
let the wind blow back your hair
As the night's busting open -
these two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real,
we can trade in these
wings on some wheels
Climb in back, Heaven's
waiting down on the tracks
Oh, come take my hand,
we're riding out tonight to
case the promised land Oh Thunder Road,
lying out there like
a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late
we can make it if we run,
we can make it if we run,
we can make it if we run
Yeah so we got this guitar
and learned how to make it talk
And the car's out back if
you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat,
the door's open but the ride it ain't free
Tonight you're lonely for words
that I ain't spoken
but tonight we'll be free,
all the promises'll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes
of all the boys you sent away
And they haunt this
dusty beach road in the
skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets
They scream your name
at night in the streets
Your graduation gown
lies in rags at your feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
Hear the engines roaring on
When you get to the porch
they're gone on the wind
Its a town full of losers
Come from a town full of losers
I come from a town full of losers
Baby Im pullin pullin
pullin out of here to win
Im pullin out of here to win

I said goodnite Elisabeth
Im so sorry now but I am the Rain King
So why dont you
just come in out of the rain


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Verizon Amphitheater-Irvine, CA 9/30/00

he said, "Shine shine look what i found
your eyes are taking me out of bounds
Shine shine look what i found
She said shine shine look what I found
Your eyes are taking me out of bounds
Shine shine shine look what I found baby
Come on shine on me
I got a life so free
Baby Im right where i wanna be
So why dont you come on down and
fuck around with me
she thinks I'm lying
She thinks I'm lying
She thinks Im lying
She thinks Im lying
she thinks im lying
She thinks Im lying
I think of dying
I think of dying
I think of dying
When I think of anything at all
I think of heaven


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Wings Stadium-Kalamazoo, MI 5/28/00

Have you seen your mother baby,
standin' in the shadows?
Have you seen your mother baby,
is she here at all?
Have you seen your mother baby,
standin' in the shadows?
Have you seen the shadows
covering everything?
And when I think of everything,
and when I think of anything,
if I think of anyone
If I could be blinded,
I would be the one
And if I could be silent,
I'd close my eyes and wait until
the last train passed by
before I said to you
"When I think of heaven,
when I think of heaven,
when I think of heaven,
I think of you"
Your mother baby, have you seen her?

I said "Have you seen your mother baby,
standing in the shadows?"
Well I am the Rain King,
so why don't you just come in
out of the rain


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Shepherd's Bush Empire London, UK 11/15/94

Well if you're lonely, and you wanna talk to me
If you're lonely, and you
wanna call me on the phone
Well if you're lonely, nah,
don't talk to me
If you're lonely, fuckin' leave me alone
She said "Hey, na-na-na,
you know you could hurt me,
you know, you could hurt me,
you know, you know, you could"
She said "Yeah, fuck you man,
you know you could hurt me"


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The Forum-London, UK 3/2/00

C-c-could you give me
just a little bit of anything
I need? It's better than nothin',
It's better than nothin',
It's better than nothin'
Oh and I said
"Come on back to my street baby,
someone's lying roses under the ????
Well I know in our time,
we'll go back downtown
once or twice again
Won't you get into my car
and we'll drive on downtown baby,
you and me
Something's screaming,
I think it's me yeah
Come on won't you lie down
in the garden with me baby?
It'll mean nothing -
ever ever ever be this old again?"
I said "Won't you lie me down
in the garden with the rain?
Because I may never ever ever ever be
this young again
It's better, better, better, better,
better than anything"
I said "It's better, better, better,
better, better than any-any-anything"
Oh she said "It's better, better,
better, better, better
than any-any-anything"
She said "It's better, better, better,
better, better than anything at all"
She said "It's better, better, better,
better, better than anything,
anything yeah"
I said "It's better, better,
better, better,
better than anything at all"
When I think of heaven,


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Wembley Arena-London, UK 6/16/00

Well the screen door slams
and Mary's dress waves
And like a vision,
she dances across the porch
while the radio plays Roy Orbison
singing for the lonely,
hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again cause I
just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside darlin'
you're just what I'm here for
so you're scared and you're thinkin'
that maybe we aren't that young anymore
Show a little faith,
there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty,
but hey, you're alright,
and that's alright with me
You can hide 'neath your covers
and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers,
throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer
praying in vain for a saviour
to rise from these streets
Well listen I ain't no hero,
that's understood
All the redemption I can offer girl,
is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow,
well what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and
let the wind blow back your hair
As the night's busting open -
these two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real,
we can trade in these wings
on some wheels
Climb in back,
Heaven's waiting down on the tracks
Oh, come take my hand,
we're riding out tonight to
case the promised land Oh Thunder Road,
lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late
we can make it if we run,
we can make it if we run,
we can make it if we run
Ill tell you how Dan got this guitar
and learned how to make it talk
And the car's out back if
you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat,
the door's open but
the ride it ain't free
Tonight you're lonely for
words that I ain't spoken
but tonight we'll be free,
all the promises'll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes
of all the boys you sent away
And they haunt this
dusty beach road in the
skeleton frames of
burned-out Chevrolets
They scream your name
at night in the streets
Your graduation gown
lies in rags at your feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
Hear the engines roaring on
When you get to the porch
they're gone on the wind
Its a town full of losers
Come from a town full of losers
I come from a town full of losers
Baby I'm pullin out of here to win
I'm pullin out of here to win

She said its a town full of losers baby
But Im pulling out of here again
And I am the Rain King
So why dont you come in out of the rain


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