Martin’s Song / Settled Down Like Rain (Live at the Cabaret Metro, 2/14/93)

[Spoken Intro: Mark Olson]
We're the Jayhawks, from Minnesota. Hope you're gonna have a good night now.

[Verse 1]
He's only six years old
That old killer died
Put him down in a great big hole
I fill it up all the time
See the buildings rise up to the sky
Parking meters, traffic cops
You'd best watch your record, son
They'll come and lock you up

[Chorus]
I been working all night
I go long into the day
Ain't got much money now
Got the time ahead
Got the time ahead to pay

[Verse 2]
Smoke and lightning, dressed to kill
Don't talk to strangers, it's all you know
Forty years of sudden death
The daylight's still not over yet
You should live to see evening fall
The doctor's working overtime
Too much of a good thing, not enough
Stepping stones, building blocks

[Chorus]
I been working all night
I go long into the day
Ain't got much money now
Got the time ahead
Got the time ahead to pay

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
I been working all night
I go long into the day
Ain't got much money now
Got the time ahead to pay
I been working all night
I go long into the day
Ain't got much money now
Got the time ahead
Got the time ahead
Got the time ahead to pay

[Spoken Interlude: Mark Olson]
Oh yeah! You can see we've got this "Hollywood Town Hall" pier? Well, here's a song off the record, "Settled Down Like Rain."

[Verse 1]
You came
And you gave
Without taking
The best was yet to come
I know
For I was forsaken

[Verse 2]
And so
I kept my fingers crossed
To win at any cost
The sound
Of water falling down

[Chorus]
Knock me down
Pick me up
Set me in a row

[Verse 2]
Your words
Hung high in the rafters
And settled down like rain
Remain
Happy ever after

[Chorus]
Knock me down
Pick me up
Set me in a row

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Chorus]
Knock me down
Pick me up
Set me in a row

[Verse 4]
You packed
Up your bags and belongings
And crept out through the back
The sound
Of footprints on the ground

[Verse 3]
Your words
Hung high in the rafters
And settled down like rain
Remain
Happy ever after
Happy ever after