Blues Traveler is an American rock rock music band, formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. The band has been influenced by a variety of genres, including blues-rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock, soul soul music , and Southern rock. They are known for extensive use of segues in their live performances.
Currently, the group comprises singer and harmonica virtuoso John Popper, guitarist Chan Kinchla, drummer Brendan Hill, bassist Tad... [read more] - Pretty Angry
I wish I drank tequilaI wish I stayed up lateBut lately when the Sandman comesYou know I just can't waitNo, lately I can't waitAnd we packed up all your boxesIt's all been hauled awayI never stare at walls so...
- All Hands
Every time the water breaks and soaks me to the boneI remember what I left behind by sailing off alonePitch and yaw through hurricane, my position is unknownAnd the bell rings seven timesSalted brine, I drink it down...
- The Way
Nobody told me it would be goodBut I still wanted it to beDo your homework like you shouldHoping something sets you free (What'll it be)Afraid of ultimate decayNever stopping but to rustEager to get it underwayAshes...
- You Lost Me There
I've been hoping for some last standTo bank everything on one heroic playBut when you're waiting for your big chanceI've come to learn that it don't go down that wayAnd I'm not talking about no free rideI've stood by...
- Rage
When the fireIn your belly ain't been shrinkingAnd there's nothingLaying around that you could be drinkingTake no mindAs that stranger tries to pass youIs he blind?Or couldn't he clearly see the train?Couldn't he feel...
- Girl Inside My Head
When all is said and doneI wish I needed no oneNever was up to meJust something in her way that sets me freeIt seems so easyAnd yeah I try to pay attentionBut there's only four things running through my mindHow hard...
- Just For Me
Just another one, four, five about as cute as can be, And danceable but I don't really careI was just glad I'm alive and I had nothing else to doAnd besides, the beat was already thereOh, that's right, no it wasn't...
- You're Burning Me
I'm looking for some kind of signMy dream is made of goldI tread upon with muddy feetMy fever leaves me coldI'm stretched across a thousand milesAnd there's nothing I can doUseless machines without your wordAnd the...
- Sadly A Fiction
And when the day begins I need her to begin meShe's hell-for-leather when I let her see what's in meIt's so addicting there's no predicting what's she's going to do or sayBy the gods that made her I can't persuade her...
- Decision Of The Skies
When you're living in a series of atmospheresYou don't stand upon the world, but within itAnd the faster that you move, the lighter you becomeThe further out you go, the better the viewAnd you wanna riseSo that you...
- Back In The Day
It's been a while since I've left home But I'm coming on back todayKinda funny but I picture it only Exactly as it was back in the daySure enough when the train pulls in There's so little that I recognizeIs it the...
- Slow Change
Just think about what you and I have been throughAnd tell me why I should not be afraidI said I don't want to hear about the promises they told usI don't wanna hear about the progress that they madeSlow changeDon't...
- Warmer Days
When people think of holidaysThey think of cold weather"Let's spend this frozen wonderland together"Not me, I'm into warmer daysDon't wanna hear bout your winter wonderlandI am intoI'm into warmer daysWell, frozen...
- Dropping Some NYC
Come on everybody take a trip with usGonna raise some hell gonna raise a fussCost you a dollar if you care to seeSo just belly on up and tell me what'll it beI've got a little something that I don't think you've...
- Gotta Get Mean
In this vale of toil and sinYou're stuck in a race that you just can't winJust take a look around and it's so obsceneBut that's the way it is, so you gotta get meanDon't waste your time wondering whyCause the only...
- Crystal Flame
Sitting in clover looking for the fifth leafSomething soon will come my wayNever failing to amaze meI feel its wisdom anywayRays of sweet illuminationInspiration too untoldI hope some day I can befriend itI think that...
- Fallible
With an air of indignationSmiles a painted porcelain faceAnd we're supposed to trust thisDecorum has its placeBut you and I beyond thatWith a question I might askHow suddenly the smile doth crackWhen we slip beneath...
- Look Around
You'll get no answer from meAbout what I want of what I getBrave enough to speak afraid to seeConfuse the issue till you forgetAnd I've triedTo finally decideWhyI'm in your faceAnd if you can't already tellI am unable...
- Price To Pay
Standing here with a tale to tell I might as well tell to you Nothing near Wagnerian As Terminator Two Its an old one about a little dirt farm girl Who wanted to get out for good Shed do anything to keep that dream...
- Just Wait
If ever you are feeling like you're tiredAnd all your uphill struggles leave you headed downhillIf you realize your wildest dreams can hurt youAnd your appetite for pain has drinken its fillI ask of you a very simple...
- Freedom
I walk right by him and he's freezing his***offHe could be dead I'm supposed to walk awayI won't remember a thing come the summertimeHandful of quarters make me feel okayAh ah who's gonna have to payAh ah who do I...
- Crash Burn
I'm gonna ride youGonna ride you out like a witch on a broomI'm gonna ride youGonna ride you out like a witch on a broomIt's the old give and takeAnd I've been took againSo give me roomI'm gonna watch youGonna watch...
- Brother John
Are you sleepingBrother JohnIf you feel like weepingBrother JohnPlease won't you hear meBrother JohnJust wait and seeBrother JohnCan't you see by the will of your handYou can give it a try and just name your priceAnd...
- The Mountains Win Again
I pick up my smile put it in my pocketHold it for a while try not to have to drop itMen are not to cry so how am I to stop itKeep it all inside don't show how much she rocked yaOoh can you feel the sameOoh you gotta...
- My Blessed Pain
Tell you 'bout a man I borrowed 26 cents fromI wanted to ask what the extra penny was forI needed a quarter for the next two minutes with youHe said "I was making a wish but I've been listeningI think you need it...
- Thinnest Of Air
How promising the startOf the letter being read until the captain proclaimed"Dying is my heart"Then a hush befalls the crowd as the theatre exclaimed"Now our hero's part is played"And they continue as the lights come...
- Let Her & Let Go
In all that I do And in all that I sayI used to have a dream that love didn't have to be this wayImmaculate, the promise of that pristine paradiseAnd as I come up from its ashesI can only offer weak adviceWell, you...
- Mount Normal
I propose to climb Mount NormalMy expedition needs supplyAnd fortune smiles upon the foolWho gives at least a tryAnd in the quest to take Mount NormalI've no Sherpa for a guideIt's the kind of trek that feels its...
- Sweet And Broken
She smokes my last cigaretteShe forgives me but I don't know it yetAnd I don't ask but sometimes why is beautifulShe's a little cheap, but worth the waitOf honeyed kisses, sleeping lateThey steal my covers, but I'm...
- Unable To Get Free
You asked me if I live without herI choke on my replyLet the blind man at the mirror spin his lieAnd I'm damned if I don't tryDamned if I don't tryBut no matter what I sayIt doesn't go away at allAnd I am still unable...
- The One
She charms me And I am underminedSo silkyDo I wanna run my fingers...Or just run?She dancesAnd I can barely keep my seat If I wait, it's too late...And I rise And it's begun Simple as that, matter of factIt isn't...
- Stumble And Fall
BreatheIt's better than nothingBelieveLike I know you can flyStraight through the light nowHold on, I'm your manAnd, oh, it's a strange worldBut to y ou it still belongsAnd I've got a planShould you stumble and...
- This Ache
This ache that follows you downFrom wherever you both came fromWell it won't leaveQuietlyIt just waits here noisily with me I turn to go but quite insteadIt sinks its fangs into my headAnd gnaws upon me like a greedy...
- Eventually (I'll Come Around)
I'm not the kind that hurriesSometimes I wish I couldIn fact I triedI almost diedLike it would be any goodBut like the best molassesI like to stay up lateAnd sweeter is the slower tortureWhile I can barely...
- Partner In Crime
Trouble has always ever managed to find meI do my best but in the end I usually get awayThat's how it's always beenQuite comfortable in factAnd now at last you've caught meAnd it's time to finally payIs it the dead...
- Can't See Why
Kiss away the morning hourIn need of some restraintWhile raised to think knowledge is power I've come to learn it ain'tBecause here I go when the hat dropsIn the lion's mouth for more And this time there's no illusion...
- Letter From A Friend
Never a day goes by when I can't see his faceAnd I can hear a thundering voice that no one will replaceBut since he left you've been hiding out and I can understandIt seems to me about that time you should be coming...
- Manhattan Bridge
I believe in you...
- Save His Soul
Hot lights across his faceThey told him he was just a disgraceStripped down like a frightened childA shadow stood before himHe thought he saw a smileGuilty of nothing more than fearIt was the dogs of war that sent him...
- Trina Magna
As IWas taught to leadI was fed wellOn what had come beforeEveryoneWho had ever livedLeft a lessonRegarding what's in storeTheyWere just like you and meGuessing their asses offOh yes, they tried to guess wellIt's our...
- Conquer Me
Hail to you my mountain climber busy at your taskI know you're in a hurry but there's something I must askDo you ever get lonely climbing up so highIf you don't want to answer me I can understand whyAre you running...
- Whoops
Have you ever seen an atomLittle bits of everything floating byTake a good look at themCollectively they compose all you see including your eyeBrilliant puzzleA living Rubix Cube we think we can figure out and...
- Believe Me
I can feel your pityI can feel your painAnd they're never going to bother you againWell I don't know howAnd I ain't sure whyBut I promise you I'm really gonna tryBelieve meI hate tribulationDon't want no trialI can...
- Love Of My Life
I just couldn't cryNo matter how hard I tryI knew the love we shared was deadUntil she gave me a letterWith some words she wrote downAnd I swear this is what she saidShe said..."Love of my life our first night...
- Defense And Desire
Step in from the rainIt's the nightingales on 2nd Avenue And I can't complainIt's a busy nightThe regulars know me But all the same they decide I'm alrightWhiskey hit me fastDon't mess with that stranger over there...
- Fledgling
Raise your headMeagerest of fledglingsAnd breathe in deepAnd cease to cryFor life it beats within youTo fix upon the skyAnd fix upon...The skyIs beckoning your comingYour feathered nestHas grown too smallThe windIs...
- Bullshitter's Lament
I walked clean through the partyWithout a sin put to my nameThen they got to know meThen all the sins they cameTo fruitions visibilityI suppose them always thereBack when no one knew meI saw no need to careBut now...
- Justify The Thrill
Break away break awayBlynken and NodCarelessly with matches playTelling you you're oddFoolishly he lets it burnAware of different shapesAnd so he makes his hand a fistAnd never looks at what he rapesAnd who am I to...
- Felicia
And if my two left feet could settle down and split the differenceTripping over myself in every way that I know howPerhaps in time I could surpass my coy façade of vast indifferenceBut I've already reached the...
- Business As Usual
Sue him now and I'll tell you howHe's gonna milk like a cowAnd if you want to fill a bucketSimple as pie if you care to tryJust look him in the eye like you're highAnd you want to die to cry*** itHe's stuck itWhere...
- Battle Of Someone
Well I love no one and I don't care who knowsDon't care if you're far awayDon't give a damn if you're closeI'm the vacant distraction of a broken old manI lack shape or colorNot even gray or even tanI'd hate all I see...
- Psycho Joe
He took a rifleAnd killed a discipleSo that those nagging thoughts Would leave him in peaceHe'd drown a puppyOr shive-shank a yuppieJust to make the voices ceaseGoes on a benderThen he surrendersTaken into custodySo...
- Canadian Rose
Autumn air it carries me thereLess than an hour to goSix hundred miles an hourAnd still it feels so slowI'm trying to get back to BurlingtonTo a square in the center of townTo a spot on a wooden tableWhere her feet...
- The Gunfighter
I'm taken abackBut still I let it rideNo sudden movementsI ease my hand real slowThen my hands are like lightningAnd the bullets start to flyI was almost in the clear tooWith just inches left to go Too late, he sees...
- Make My Way
When you roll down your windowAnd ask for directionsCan you count on the answersThat you would receiveIf you've ever been takenBy that passed along pay backWhy ask in the first place you might not believeBut I won't...
- Most Precarious
Don't you give up don't allow disasterDon't you give up don't you let her winWe're talking about a ";forever after";Don't you give up don't you dare give inDon't you give up don't you dare give inDoesn't it seem most...
- Great Big World
GauntletsThrown one by oneSee howThey runAnd when the check doesn't clearAnd it's time to pay the billSome are gonna ride it outSome can't and they never will'Cause it's a great big world calling you to take a rideAnd...
- Carolina Blues
Trying to make a train by sunrise gonna have to run a red lightTrying to make a train by sunrise gonna have to run a red lightTangling with my Carolina you know the girl kept me up all nightAnd when my Carolina throw...
- Last Night I Dreamed
It's the part of the dream that leaves me when the sunlight hits my eyesIt's the part of the dream that rolls me over and over as I sleepIt's the part of the dream that leaves me wanting for the darknessIt's the part...
- Sweet Talking Hippie
Sweet talking hippieCross your killing floorGonna come a little closerCause you know I want moreDon't run offDon't you be afraid of meYou know you are what you made you babyI am what I try to beYou know I need your...
- Alone
I said "I love you"She began to cryShe said she needed a friendI said "I'll try"Soon we'd say nothingSomehow I never wondered whyYou see, she left meShe left meI'm aloneI'm aloneI'm aloneI'm aloneI'd loved her...
- Mulling It Over
I'm mulling it overThoughts at a graspYou know I'm taking it in nowSo much, so fastI'm riding a feelingInto deeper seasI can't seem to fret nowIt don't bother me'Cause I'm mulling it over, yeahSaid I'm mulling it...
- Gina
Gina, GinaDon't you cryGina, GinaWonder why, I said wonder whyGina, GinaDance all nightGina, GinaFeel all rightGina, GinaCan't you seeGina, GinaYou're just free, I said you're just freeWell once upon a timeA long time...
- Closing Down The Park
Ya know,There's this park, you see, in New YorkThat's what this song is aboutWhere we used to grow upAnd, um, hang aroundAnd then we started moving onAnd started going on the roadWe weren't home that muchBut, back...
- Love And Greed
I want to tell you about something specialI want to tell you what makes men needI think I'm talking 'bout what we all get intoI think I'm talking 'bout love & greedYou can take it anyway but take it at your own...
- Regarding Steven
Well I've guessed your name and I'm sure you know mineI'd like to discuss our mutual friendI can't help but feel that I left him behindDoes he still stay with you or did his pain ever endI guessI don't deserve to...
- Mountain Cry
I met my girl on a mountain sideLooking for warmth and a place to hideShe took me in as the day grew longAs we lay by the fire our love grew strongI left the city for its dirt and grimeThe factory walls to make...
- What's For Breakfast
Well here I amIn a roadside stewYou're checking to see if I'm alrightI'm looking up at youWell I'm o.k.I've been here beforeYou know I have an***to land on And that's what it's forI'm gonna dust me offGet on my...
- Imagine
Imagine there's no heaven - it's easy if you tryNo hell below us, above us, only skyImagine all the people, living for todayImagine there's no country - I wonder if you do?Nothing to kill or die for; no religion,...
- Low Rider
All my friendsLove the low riderLow riderGonna get a little higherLow riderGonna get it in the street nowLow riderGonna move your feet nowTake a little tripTake a little tripTake a little trip with meTake a little...
- NY Prophesie
A thousand times a prophetA New York City prophetThey lie there all forgottenI wonder who will hear them nextWell it won't be me it won't be youKind of makes you wonder whoAny sympathetic ear would doWho's gonna hear...
- 100 Years
The sun is warm as the day is longI just got the feeling I can do no wrongI've got a long way to walkCan't afford my next mealI tell a few lies but my hunger is realAnd it won't mean a thing in a hundred yearsNo, it...
- Go Outside And Drive
I've really got to clean up my roomYou know its been so long since I've seen my floorIt's getting kind of scary in fact I suspectThat when I finally clear away I won't know her anymoreHow we'll have grown so far...
- Onslaught
Lies, well they're o.k.More elaborate every dayTruth, well it's here tooWhat can you make it do for you?Greed, it's just a driveDo what you can to stay alivePeace, it's just a dreamSo rock and roll and kick and...
- Bagheera
Bagheera walked into the bar and poured himself a drinkHis fur was stained with the blood of monkeys and he needed time to thinkThe man at the bar said, "What are you doing here?"Bagheera let go a low soft purr that...
- Support Your Local Emperor
Support your local emperorPay him tribute every timeLet it be known he holds your fateFrom his fingertips shall flow the wineTell him when he speaks the air is sweetWherever he walks rosebeds be laidSo that he may...
- Optimistic Thought
When she wakes it seems so shadyShe remembers she's a ladyAh but could it be that maybeShe was having lots of funShe sees she's wearing leatherIn her navel there's a featherShe just has to crack a smileAnd close her...
- Ivory Tusk
Ivory tusk, smash into thine ownTo show thee fit to continueI weep for them and I weep for meWe rally to charge to dieAnd laugh when it's throughWell rise and walk now you're a manDon't try to play catch me if you...
- Sweet Pain
If Cyrano de BergeracFell prey to the blades of fifty menWith a heart and a sword he'd drive them backPerchance to see Roxanne's eyes light up the sky againAnd when beauty kind and full of graceAgain denied the beast...
- I Have My Moments
Picture a spinning toy laden with adventureCoupled with the things I've toldAnd a dream can be as one I have my moments now and againI said I have my moments now and againStarted in a dreamWound him up on a baseball...
- All In The Groove
Sometimes when you worryThe tendency to hurryCan make your vision blurryAnd blind youYou might shake and you might stammerOr dance like MC HammerBut could that pomp and glamourRemind youOf who you are and where you're...
- The Tiding
Here... it... comes...
- The Best Part
Well what do you know here we are againBeen a long time I can't remember whenWell I wrote another one and guess who it's forDon't mind if I'm embarrassed I can't take it anymoreYou know I travel the world but I don't...
- But Anyway
But AnywayBlues TravelerAlbum: Live From The Fall I lied and told her I loved herShe didn't care but anywayI told her we'd still be friendsAnd she didn't care but anywayI tried last week for to call herShe wasn't home...
- Hook
Hook Blues TravelerAlbum: FourIt doesn't matter what I saySo long as I sing with inflectionThat makes you feel that I'll conveySome inner truth of vast reflectionBut I've said nothing so far And I can keep it up for...
- Run Around
Run-AroundBlues TravelerOh, once upon a midnight dearieI woke with something in my headI couldn't escape the memoryof a phone call and of what you saidLike a game show contestant with a parting gift,I could not...
- All For You
Finally I figured outBut it took a long, long timeNow there's a turn aboutMaybe cause im tryin'There's been times... (I'm so confused)All my roads... (They lead to you)I just can't turn and walk awayIt's hard to say...
- Yours
You, with your hand outstretchedFinger on the keyThis lock that you releaseIs opening but isn't freeAnd I hope that you can seeHow it beats inside of meI want to run I want to hideI am vulnerably yoursShe, who is...
- The Star-Spangled Banner
(Performed as instrumental)
- Pattern
I know that you think you're good for meI know you think I'm good for youBut what I know and what I think you see Is that there's nothing we can doBut you are like a drug to meAnd I seem to feed your jonesAnd when I...
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